is a railway station on the Iiyama Line in the city of

Iiyama is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 20,118 in 7372 households, and a population density of 99 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It markets itself as "Japan's Hometown" and is ...

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East). Since 14 March 2015, it is also a stop on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from Tokyo to Kanazawa.

Lines

Iiyama Station is served by the Iiyama Line, and is 19.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Toyono Station is a railway station in Toyono in the city of Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. Lines Toyono Station forms a nominal terminus for the JR ...

. From 14 March 2015, it also became a stop on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from to , located 147.3 km from the official starting point of the line at . Iiyama is served by ''

Hakutaka The is a high-speed ''shinkansen'' train service jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced on ...

'' services operating between Tokyo and Kanazawa, although not all trains will stop at Iiyama.

Station layout

The new station structure built to coincide with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension lies approximately to the south of the site of the original station. The elevated Shinkansen platforms cross the ground-level Iiyama Line platforms at an angle. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

The Iiyama Line is served by a ground-level

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 ...

with tracks on either side. The Shinkansen platforms consist of two 312 m long

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks. The platforms are fitted with chest-high

platform edge door Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

History

Iiyama Station opened on 20 October 1921. With the

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of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The new station structure opened on 9 November 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2021, the station was used by an average of 719 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Iiyama City Hall * * Chikuma River

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Iiyama Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Stations of East Japan Railway Company Iiyama Line Hokuriku Shinkansen Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921 Iiyama, Nagano