Tatsuno Station (Nagano)

Tatsuno Station (辰野駅, Tatsuno-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tatsuno, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan jointly operated by JR Central and JR East. It is managed by JR East. The station also has a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).[1]

Tatsuno Station 辰野駅
Tatsuno Station, April 2012
Location	1941 Tatsuno, Tatsuno-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-0421 Japan
Coordinates	35.9839°N 137.9972°E / 35.9839; 137.9972
Elevation	722.8 meters[1]
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company Central Japan Railway Company JR Freight
Line(s)	■Chūō Main Line Iida Line
Distance	195.7 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 June 1906
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)	611 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shinano-Kawashima toward Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Tatsuno Branch Kawagishi toward Okaya Preceding station JR Central Following station Miyaki toward Iida Iida Line Rapid Misuzu Kawagishi toward Okaya Ina-Shimmachi One-way operation Iida Line Rapid Miyaki toward Toyohashi Iida Line Local
Location
Tatsuno Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Tatsuno Station Tatsuno Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tatsuno Station is served by the old route of Chūō Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch) and is 9.5 kilometers from the branching point of the line at Okaya Station and 219.9 from the terminus at Tokyo Station. It is also a station on the Iida Line, and is 195.7 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Toyohashi Station[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

0	■ Iida Line	for Komagane, Iida and Tenryūkyō (once per day)
1	■ Iida Line	for Komagane, Iida, Tenryūkyō and Toyohashi
	■ Chūō Main Line	for Okaya and Kami-Suwa
3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Ono, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
	■ Iida Line	for Ono, Shiojiri and Matsumoto

History

The station opened on 11 June 1906. The current station building was completed in 1983.[1] 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 2017, the station was used by an average of 611 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

• Tatsuno Post Office
• Tenryū River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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. 59. ISBN 9784784071647.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)