Platform is a railway station in the city of

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, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Hon-Nagashino Station is served by the

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...

, and is located 31.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shi ...

Station layout

The station has a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

. The station building is a one-story wooden structure connected to the platform by a level crossing. The station building is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Hon-Nagashino Station was established on February 1, 1923 as on the now-defunct . On March 15, 1929 it was briefly renamed but reverted to its original name only two weeks later. On May 22, 1929, the now defunct Taguchi Line connected to the station. On August 1, 1943, the Horaiji Railway was

nationalized Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

along with some other local lines to form the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

(JGR) Iida Line and the station was renamed to its present name. The Taguchi Line ceased operations in 1969. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1971. Along with its division and

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on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the

Surrounding area

* Hōrai-ji *

Japan National Route 151 National Route 151 is a national highway of Japan connecting Iida, Nagano and Toyohashi, Aichi in Japan, with a total length of 137.4 km (85.38 mi). References 151 Year 151 (CLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (lin ...

References

External links

{{Iida Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Railway stations in Aichi Prefecture Iida Line Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Shinshiro, Aichi