Elevation 345.1 m Opened 8 January 1958 | Address Japan | |
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Location 2207 Sansai-Nenbutsuzuka, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-0081Japan Similar Toyono Station, Kita‑Nagano Station, Mure Station, Shinano‑Asano Station, Furuma Station | ||
Sansai Station (三才駅, Sansai-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway
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Lines
Sansai Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line, and is 6.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station. Iiyama Line train services also stop at this station.
Station layout
The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.
History
The station opened on 8 January 1958. 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, Sansai 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 1,542 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).