Komoro Station

Komoro Station
小諸駅
Komoro Station in July 2008
Location 1-1-1 Aioi-cho, Komoro-shi, Nagano-ken 384-0025
Japan
Operated by
Shinano Railway

JR East

Line(s)
Platforms 1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks 5
History
Opened 15 December 1888
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 1,650 daily (JR East)
Location
Komoro Station
Location within Japan
Koumi Line platform

Komoro Station (小諸駅, Komoro-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in Komoro, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway and JR East. It is managed by the Shinano Railway.

Lines

Komoro Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 22.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station. It is also a station on the Koumi Line, and is 78.9 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Kobuchizawa Station. Since 1926 until 1936, it had been used by Nunobiki electric railway（ja）as well.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. May 2018, the three elevators were installed and the barrier-free environment was completed. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Karuizawa
2 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Ueda, Shinonoi, and Nagano
3 ■ Shinano Railway Line for starting trains
4/5 ■ Koumi Line for Nakagomi, Koumi and Kobuchizawa

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Shinano Railway Line
Hirahara   Local   Shigeno
Koumi Line
Higashi-Komoro   Local   Terminus

History

The station opened on 1 December 1888.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 1,650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The Shinano Railway portion of the station was used by 3,167 passengers in Fiscal 2015.[3]

Surrounding area

  • Komoro ekimae Koban
  • Komoro City Hall
  • Komoro City Library
  • Asama Nanroku Komoro Medical Center
  • Komoro Aioi Post Office
  • Komoro Castle Site (Kaikoen)
  • Komoro Grand Castle Hotel
  • Nakadana-Sô (Ryokan)
  • Nishiura-Dam (TEPCO)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  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.
  3. ↑ 2015年版　『統計小諸』 (in Japanese). Japan: Komoro City. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

Coordinates: 36°19′36″N 138°25′18″E / 36.3266°N 138.4216°E / 36.3266; 138.4216

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