Shinano-Kawakami Station

Shinano-Kawakami Station
Shinano-Kawakami Station; 信濃川上駅
	Shinano-Kawakami Station, October 2007
Location	999 Goshotaira, Kawakami-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano-ken 384-1407; Japan
Coordinates	35.9761°N 138.5276°E
Elevation	1138 meters[1]
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Koumi Line
Distance	31.5 km from Kobuchizawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 April 1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	110
Location
	Shinano-Kawakami Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Shinano-Kawakami Station Shinano-Kawakami Station (Japan)

Shinano-Kawakami Station (信濃川上駅, Shinano-Kawakami-eki) is a train station in Goshotaira in the village of Kawakami, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Station building, November 2007

Lines

Shinano-Kawakami Station is served by the Koumi Line and is 31.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one very narrow ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.[1]

Platforms

station side	■ Koumi Line	for Koumi and Komoro
opp side	■ Koumi Line	for Kiyosato and Kobuchizawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Koumi Line
Nobeyama		-	Saku-Hirose

History

Shinano-Kawakami Station opened on 16 January 1935. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 110 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

Chikuma River

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. p. 157. ISBN 9784784071647.
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

Media related to Shinano-Kawakami Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East station information (in Japanese)

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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. p. 157. ISBN 9784784071647.

[jreast2015stats-2] 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.