is an

Electric bus An electric bus is a bus that is propelled using electric motors, as opposed to a conventional internal combustion engine. Electric buses can store the needed electrical energy on board, or be fed mains electricity continuously from an external ...

station located in the city of

Ōmachi, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 27,559 in 11861 households, and a population density of 49 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ōmachi is located west of Nagano, t ...

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, nestled below the Great Northern Alps operated by

Tateyama Kurobe Kankō The is a mountain sightseeing route between Tateyama, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan. Opened on June 1, 1971, it is long, with a difference in elevation of as much as . The Alpine Route goes through Tateyama (Mt. Tate) in the Hida ...

. Ogizawa Station is one of two starting points for ascending the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route – the other being Tateyama Station on the Toyama-side of the mountain range.

Lines

* Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus ( Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route)

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 August 1964, as a

Trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

station connecting Kurobe Dam Station and this station. The line was turned into a bus line, and was abolished as a railway station on 1 December 2018.

Gallery

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogizawa Station Bus stations in Japan Railway stations in Japan closed in 2018 Ōmachi, Nagano 1964 establishments in Japan Transport buildings and structures in Nagano Prefecture