is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
in the town of
Tatsuno,
Kamiina District,
Nagano Prefecture,
Japan jointly operated by
JR Central and
JR East. It is managed by JR East. The station also has a freight terminal for the
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was fou ...
(JR Freight).
Lines
Tatsuno Station is served by the old route of
Chūō Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch) and is 9.5 kilometers from the branching point of the line at
Okaya Station
is a railway station in Honchō, Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by JR Central and JR East. It is managed by JR East.
Lines
Okaya Station is a terminus of the old route of the Chuo Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch), and is ...
and 219.9 from 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 ...
at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...
. It is also a station on the
Iida Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...
, and is 195.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at
Toyohashi Station
is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu).
Lines
Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shin ...
Station layout
The station consists of two 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 ...
s serving four tracks, 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
History
The station opened on 11 June 1906. The current station building was completed in 1983.
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 611 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*Tatsuno Post Office
*
Tenryū River
The is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of , it is Japan's ninth longest river.
Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains near Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It then flows through Aichi Prefecture and western Shizuoka Prefect ...
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
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to ...
References
External links
JR East station information
{{Iida Line
Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture
Chūō Main Line
Iida Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1906
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Stations of Central Japan Railway Company
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Tatsuno, Nagano