Elevation 362.4 meters Line(s) ■ Shin'etsu Main Line Platforms 1 island platform Opened 20 July 1917 | Operated by JR East
JR Freight Distance 4.3 km from Shinonoi Address Japan | |
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Location Kawanakajima-machi Kamihigano, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-2233
Japan Similar Imai Station, Amori Station, Shinonoi Station, Nagano Station, Kita‑Nagano Station | ||
Kawanakajima Station (川中島駅, Kawanakajima-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Lines
Kawanakajima Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 4.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinonoi Station. Trains of the Shinanoi Line and of the Shinano Railway also use this station, which is located past the nominal end station of these lines at Shinanoi. The station is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
Kawanakajima Station opened on 20 July 1917. 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 1,585 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).