is a railway station on the

Kita-Shinano Line The is a railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, since 14 March 2015 following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension north of Nagano and transfer of operations ...

in Iizuna, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Lines

Mure Station is served by the 37.3 km

and is 18.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Nagano Station is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden). Lines Nagano Station is served by the f ...

Station layout

The station has two opposed 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 ...

s connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 May 1888. 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

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). From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Mure Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 767 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Iizuna Town Hall *

References

External links

* {{Kita-Shinano Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Kita-Shinano Line Nagano Electric Railway Iizuna, Nagano