Shinonoi Station

Shinonoi Station (篠ノ井駅, Shinonoi-eki) is a train station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Shinonoi Station 篠ノ井駅
Shinonoi Station east entrance, December 2008
Location	Shinonoifusetakada, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 388-8007 Japan
Coordinates	36.5777°N 138.1377°E
Elevation	356.2 meters[1]
Operated by	JR East Shinano Railway
Line(s)	■Shin'etsu Main Line sections: ■ Shinano Railway Line ■ Shinonoi Line
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 August 1888
Passengers
FY2015 (JR East)	10,188 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hijiri-Kōgen toward Nagoya Shinano Nagano Terminus Terminus Shin'etsu Main Line Shinonoi – Nagano Imai toward Niigata Inariyama (limited service) toward Shiojiri Shinonoi Line Rapid Kawanakajima (limited service) toward Nagano Inariyama toward Shiojiri Shinonoi Line Local & Rapid Misuzu Imai toward Nagano Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station Yashiro toward Karuizawa Shinano Railway Line Rapid Kawanakajima toward Nagano Yashiro Kōkō-mae toward Karuizawa Shinano Railway Line Local Imai toward Nagano
Location
Shinonoi Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Shinonoi Station Shinonoi Station (Japan)

Lines

Shinanoi Station is one of the intermediate terminals of the discontinuous the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is 9.3 kilometers from Nagano Station. It is also the terminus of the 66.7 kilometer Shinanoi Line. It is also the terminus for the Shinonoi Line and the 65.1 kilometer Shinano Railway Line.[1]

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
2	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Ueda and Komoro
3	■ Shin'etsu Main Line	for Nagano

History

Shinanoi Station was opened on 15 August 1888.[1] In the 1987 privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR), the station was assigned to the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 19,188 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• Shinonoi Post Office

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. 20. 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.

External links

• Shinonoi Station (JR East)(in Japanese)