Minami-Matsumoto Station

Minami-Matsumoto Station (南松本駅, Minami-Matsumoto-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East)., with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Minami-Matsumoto Station

南松本駅
Minami-Matsumoto Station, April 2015
Location1-1 Idegawa-machi, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 390-0826
Japan
Coordinates36.2100°N 137.9695°E / 36.2100; 137.9695
Elevation594.6 meters[1]
Operated by
Line(s)■ Shinonoi Line
Distance10.9 km from Shiojiri
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1502
History
Opened1 September 1944
Passengers
FY20151584 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hirata
toward Shiojiri
 Shinonoi Line
Rapid
Local & Rapid Misuzu
 Matsumoto
toward Nagano
Location
Minami-Matsumoto Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Minami-Matsumoto Station
Minami-Matsumoto Station (Japan)
Freight tracks of Minami-Matsumoto Station

Lines

Minami-Matsumoto Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 10.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at Shiojiri and continue on to Matsumoto via this station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms
1 ■ Shinonoi Line for Matsumoto and Nagano
2 ■ Shinonoi Line for Shiojiri and Kami-Suwa

History

Minami-Matumoto Station opened on 1 September 1944. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1584 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
  • Minami-Matsumoto Post Office

See also

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. 79. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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