Shinano-Matsukawa Station

Shinano-Matsukawa Station
信濃松川駅
Shinano-Matsukawa Station, June 2012
Location 7025-10, Matsukawa-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-8501
Japan
Coordinates 36°25′29″N 137°51′31″E / 36.4247°N 137.8586°E / 36.4247; 137.8586
Elevation 613.6 meters
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Ōito Line
Distance 26.0 km from Matsumoto
Platforms 1 island platform
Other information
Station code 27
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=799
History
Opened 29 September 1915
Previous names Ikeda-Matsukawa Station (to 1937)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 601
Location
Shinano-Matsukawa Station
Location within Japan
Platform of Shinano-Matsukawa Station

Shinano-Matsukawa Station (信濃松川駅, Shinano-Matsukawa-eki) is a railway station in the village of Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shinano-Matsukawa Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 26.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1 ■ Ōito Line for Hotaka, Toyoshina and Matsumoto
2 ■ Ōito Line for Shinano-Ōmachi, Hakuba and Minami-Otari

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ōito Line
Kita-Hosono (28) - Azumi-Kutsukake (26)

History

The station opened on 29 September 1915 as Ikeda-Matsukawa Station (池田松川駅) on the Shinano Railway. The Shinano Railway was integrated into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 June 1937 and the station was renamed to its present name the same day. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 601 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  • Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 209. ISBN 4533029809.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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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