Minami-Otari Station

Minami-Otari Station
Minami-Otari Station; 南小谷駅
	Minami-Otari Station in 2010
Location	10356 Chikuni, Otari-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-9422; Japan
Coordinates	36°46′29″N 137°54′30″E
Elevation	513.1 meters[1]
Operated by	JR East; JR West;
Line(s)	■■ Ōito Line
Distance	70.1 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code	9
History
Opened	November 29, 1935
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	121 daily
Location
	Minami-Otari Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Minami-Otari Station Minami-Otari Station (Japan)

Minami-Otari Station (南小谷駅, Minami-Otari-eki) is a railway station on the Ōito Line in the village of Otari, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is numbered "9".[2] The station is on the electrical borderline of the JR East and JR West systems and operations are shared between the two companies.[1] The section south of this station, operated by JR West is not electrified and all JR East services terminate here.

Lines

Minami-Otari Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 70.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station.[1]

Station layout

Minami-Otari Station consists of a one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

1,2,3	■ Ōito Line	for Hakuba, Shinano-Ōmachi, Matsumoto and Shinjuku
2,3	■ Ōito Line	for Itoigawa

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Ōito Line (JR East)
Hakuba (13)	Limited Express Azusa	Terminus
Hakuba (13)	Rapid Resort View Furusato	Terminus
Shinano-Moriue (12)	Rapid	Terminus
Chikuni (10)	Local	Terminus
Ōito Line (JR West)
Terminus	Local	Nakatsuchi

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 121 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

Otari village hall
National Route 148

References

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. ISBN 9784784071647.
"大糸線に「駅ナンバー」を導入します" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
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

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[Shinano-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. ISBN 9784784071647.

[2] "大糸線に「駅ナンバー」を導入します" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-12-15.

[jreast2015stats-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.