is a train station in the city of
Nagano Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Universi ...
,
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 jointly 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), with the
third-sector railway operating company
Shinano Railway
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it is separated from the JR East network in Octob ...
.
Lines
Shinanoi Station is one of the intermediate terminals of the discontinuous the
Shin'etsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line ( ja, 信越本線, ) is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . S ...
, and is 9.3 kilometers from
Nagano Station. It is also the
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
of the 66.7 kilometer Shinanoi Line. It is also the terminus for the
Shinonoi Line and the 65.1 kilometer Shinano Railway Line.
Station layout
The station consists of a one 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 ...
and 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 ...
, connected to the station building 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
Shinonoi-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket gate, October 2021
Shinonoi-STA Ticket.jpg, Ticket vending machine, October 2021
JREast-Shinetsu-main-line-Shinonoi-station-platform-20110906-155742.jpg, Platforms, September 2011
History
Shinanoi Station was opened on 15 August 1888.
In the 1987 privatization of the
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), the station was assigned to the control of the
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 ...
.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 19,188 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*Shinonoi Post Office
*
Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium
also nicknamed is a football stadium in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. It is the home ground of J3 League club AC Nagano Parceiro and L.League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
is a women's football club based in Nagano and affiliated with AC ...
, home of town
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club
AC Nagano Parceiro
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
Shinonoi Station(JR East)
{{Shinonoi Line
Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888
Railway stations in Nagano (city)
Shin'etsu Main Line
Shinonoi Line
Shinano Railway Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company