is a railway station on the

Ōito Line The is a railway line in Japan which connects Matsumoto Station in Nagano Prefecture with Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture. There are two operators on the line: East Japan Railway Company (JR East) operates the section north of Minami-Ot ...

in the village of Otari, Kitaazumi District,

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. The station is numbered "9". The station is on the electrical borderline of the JR East and JR West systems and operations are shared between the two companies. The section north of this station, operated by JR West is not electrified and all JR East services terminate here.

Lines

Minami-Otari Station is served by the

and is 70.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Matsumoto Station is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operator Alpico Kōtsū. Lines Matsumoto Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 13.3 kilome ...

Station layout

Minami-Otari Station consists of a one ground-level

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, connected by a footbridge. 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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 121 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Otari village hall *

References

External links

JR East Minami-Otari Station

JR West Minami-Otari Station
{{Oito Line (JR West) Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Ōito Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1935 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Otari, Nagano