is a railway station on the

Iiyama Line The is a railway line in Japan linking Toyono Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture and Echigo-Kawaguchi Station in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japa ...

, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Toyono-Asano 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, Japan.

Lines

Shinano-Asano Station is served by the

, and is 2.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Toyono Station is a railway station in Toyono in the city of Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. Lines Toyono Station forms a nominal terminus for the JR ...

Station layout

The station consists of 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 platform ...

serving a single bi-directional track. The station formerly had an island platform with a side platform for freight. The station is staffed.

History

Shinano-Asano Station opened on 20 October 1921 as . It was renamed to its present name on 1 June 1944 with the nationalization of the Iiyama Railway. 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 158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

The station is located in a rural area, surrounded by apple orchards. *Asano Post Office

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Iiyama Line Railway stations in Nagano (city) Iiyama Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921