Kiyosato Station

Kiyosato Station
Kiyosato Station; 清里駅駅
	Kiyosato Station in October, 2014
Location	3545 Kiyosato, Takane-cho, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi-ken 407-0301; Japan
Coordinates	35°55′09″N 138°26′12″E
Elevation	1,275 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Koumi Line
Distance	17.5 km from Kobuchizawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 July 1933
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	219 daily
Location
	Kiyosato Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Kiyosato Station Kiyosato Station (Japan)

Kiyosato Station (清里駅, Kiyosato-eki) is a railway station in Kiyosato in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Kiyosato Station serves as the gateway to the surrounding highland resort area as well as the Kiyosato Educational Experiment Program (KEEP), a Summer camp, agricultural training and conference center established in 1938 by American missionary Paul Rusch. With an elevation of 1,274 m (4,180 ft) on the southern slopes of Mount Yatsugatake, Kiyosato Station is the second highest station on the JR East rail network and the station with the highest elevation in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Lines

Kiyosato Station is served by the Koumi Line and is 17.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms, connected by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Koumi Line	for Kobuchizawa
2	■ Koumi Line	for Koumi and Komoro

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Koumi Line
Kai-Ōizumi		Local	Nobeyama

History

Kiyosato Station was opened on 27 July 1933 by the Japanese Government Railways. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 219 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

Kiyosato Modern Art Museum
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References

各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

Kiyosato Station (JR East)

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[jreast2015stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.