Kita-Nagano Station

Kita-Nagano Station (北長野駅, Kita-Nagano-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in Nakagoe, in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.[1] It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Kita-Nagano Station 北長野駅
Kita-Nagano Station in May 2007
Location	2-34-34 Nakagoe, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-0044 Japan
Coordinates	36.6650°N 138.2224°E
Elevation	365.4 meters[1]
Operated by	Shinano Railway JR Freight
Line(s)	■ Kita-Shinano Line
Distance	3.9 km from Nagano
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 September 1898
Previous names	Yoshida Station (until April 1957)
Passengers
FY2016	2,187 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nagano Terminus Iiyama Line Sansai toward Echigo-Kawaguchi Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station Nagano Terminus Kita-Shinano Line Sansai toward Myoko-Kogen
Location
Kita-Nagano Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Kita-Nagano Station Kita-Nagano Station (Japan)

Station platform, 2019

Lines

Kita-Nagano Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line, and is 3.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[2] Some trains of the Iiyama Line continue past the nominal terminus of the line at Toyono Station and terminate at Nagano Station, stopping at this station en route.

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform serving three tracks, with the station building located underneath[1]

Platforms

1	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Toyono and Myōkō-Kōgen
	■ Iiyama Line	for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Tōkamachi, and Echigo-Kawaguchi
2	■ Kita-Shinano Line	(Not normally used)
3	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Nagano

History

The station opened on 1 September 1898 as Yoshida Station (吉田駅).[2] It was renamed Kita-Nagano Station on 1 April 1957.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[3] From this date, Kita-Nagano Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,187 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

• Yoshida Elementary School
• Nagano Sports Park is approximately 20 minutes away on foot

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 9784784071647.
2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 579. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44 no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
4. 長野市統計書 8.運輸・通信 [Nagano City Statistics Section 8. Transportation - Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano City. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)