Elevation 365.4 m Distance 3.9 km from Nagano Opened 1 September 1898 | Line(s) ■ Kita-Shinano Line Address Japan | |
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Location 2-34-34 Nakagoe, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-0044
Japan Operated by Shinano Railway
JR Freight Platforms 1 side + 1 island platforms Similar Sansai Station, Toyono Station, Nagano Station, Asahi Station, Shinonoi Station | ||
Kita-Nagano Station (北長野駅, Kita-Nagano-eki, lit. North Nagano Station) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in Nakagoe, in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.
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Lines
Kita-Nagano Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line, and is 3.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station. Some trains of the Iiyama Line also stop at this station.
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks.
History
The station opened on 1 September 1898 as Yoshida Station (吉田駅). It was renamed Kita-Nagano Station on 1 April 1957. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Kita-Nagano Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 2,170 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).