is a railway station on the
Chuo Main Line in
Suwa, Nagano, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Lines
Kami-Suwa Station is served by the
Chuo Main Line with through trains to and from in Tokyo. It is located 201.9 kilometers from
Tokyo Station.
Station layout
The station has one
side platform
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 ...
and one
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 ...
serving three tracks. 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 and a View Plaza travel agency.
Platforms
File:160603 Kami-Suwa Station Suwa Nagano pref Japan12n.jpg, The station platforms viewed from the south in June 2016
File:160603 Kami-Suwa Station Suwa Nagano pref Japan11n.jpg, The ''ashiyu'' footbath on platform 1
History
The station opened on 25 November 1905.
With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 4,367 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
*
Lake Suwa
is a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Geography
The lake is the source of the Tenryū River. It ranks 24th in lake water surface area in Japan. The cities of Suwa and Okaya and the town of Shimosuw ...
See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
JR East station information
{{Chūō East Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905
Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture
Chūō Main Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Suwa, Nagano