Komoro Station

Komoro Station (小諸駅, Komoro-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in Komoro, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway and JR East. It is managed by the Shinano Railway.

Komoro Station

小諸駅
Komoro Station in July 2008
Location1-1-1 Aioi-cho, Komoro-shi, Nagano-ken 384-0025
Japan
Coordinates36.3266°N 138.4216°E / 36.3266; 138.4216
Elevation663.0 meters[1]
Operated by
Shinano Railway

JR East

Line(s)
Platforms1 side + 2 island platforms
Tracks5
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened15 December 1888
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)1,650 daily (JR East)
3,167 daily (Shinano Railway)
Location
Komoro Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Komoro Station
Komoro Station (Japan)
Koumi Line platform

Lines

Komoro Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 22.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station. It is also a station on the Koumi Line, and is 78.9 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Kobuchizawa Station. From 1926 to 1936, the station was also used by the now defunct Nunobiki Electric Railway(ja).

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. May 2018, the three elevators were installed and the barrier-free environment was completed. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms
1 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Karuizawa
2 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Ueda, Shinonoi, and Nagano
3 ■ Shinano Railway Line for starting trains
4/5 ■ Koumi Line for Nakagomi, Koumi and Kobuchizawa

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Shinano Railway Line
Hirahara   Local   Shigeno
Koumi Line
Higashi-Komoro   Local   Terminus

History

The station opened on 1 December 1888.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 1,650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The Shinano Railway portion of the station was used by 3,167 passengers in Fiscal 2015.[4]

Surrounding area
  • Komoro ekimae Koban
  • Komoro City Hall
  • Komoro City Library
  • Asama Nanroku Komoro Medical Center
  • Komoro Aioi Post Office
  • Komoro Castle Site (Kaikoen)
  • Komoro Grand Castle Hotel
  • Nakadana-Sô (Ryokan)
  • Nishiura-Dam (TEPCO)
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See also

References
  1. Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 243. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. 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.
  4. 2015年版　『統計小諸』 (in Japanese). Japan: Komoro City. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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