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in the city of Shiojiri,

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Lines

Narai Station is served by the JR Tōkai

, and is located 243.2 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at and 153.7 kilometers from .

Layout

The station has one

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and one

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connected by a footbridge to the station building, which dates from the opening of the station. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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History

Narai Station was opened on 1 December 1909. On 1 April 1987, it became part of JR Tōkai.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 63 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Narai-juku was the thirty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the second of eleven stations along the Kisoji.Nara ...

References

External links

{{Chūō West Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1909 Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Stations of Central Japan Railway Company Chūō Main Line Shiojiri, Nagano