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 ...

of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nagasaka, in the city of Hokuto,

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the ...

, Japan.

Lines

Nagasaka Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 166.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

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Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground level

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s. The station is built on a hill, with the tracks reached via stairs underneath. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Nagasaka Station was opened on December 11, 1918 as a station on the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Ra ...

(JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (

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) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1972. With the dissolution and

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of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,131 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Former Nagasaka Town Hall *Musée Kiyoharu Shirakaba

References

* Miyoshi Kozo. ''Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen''. JT Publishing (2009) *

External links

JR East Nagasaka Station
{{Chūō East Line Railway stations in Yamanashi Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918 Chūō Main Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Hokuto, Yamanashi