Murai Station

Murai Station (村井駅, Murai-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.

Murai Station

村井駅
Murai Station, March 2007
Location1-36-14 Muraimachi-Minami Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399-0036
Japan
Coordinates36.1745°N 137.9565°E / 36.1745; 137.9565
Elevation628.85 meters[1]
Operated by
Line(s)■ Shinonoi Line
Distance6.8 km from Shiojiri
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1547
History
Opened15 December 1902
Passengers
FY20151776 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Shiojiri
One-way operation
 Shinonoi Line
Good Morning Liner
 Matsumoto
toward Nagano
Hirooka
toward Shiojiri
 Shinonoi Line
Rapid
Local & Rapid Misuzu
 Hirata
toward Nagano
Location
Murai Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Murai Station
Murai Station (Japan)
Oil cars of the Japan Freight Railway Company at Murai Station

Lines

Murai Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 6.8 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 a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

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

History

Murai Station opened on 15 December 1902. 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 1776 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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. 77. 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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