Komoro Station

Railway station in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Shinano Railway

JR East

Line(s)
  • ■ Shinano Railway Line
  • ■ Koumi Line
Platforms1 side + 2 island platformsTracks5Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)HistoryOpened15 December 1888PassengersFY20151,650 daily (JR East)
3,167 daily (Shinano Railway) Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Terminus Koumi Line Higashi-Komoro
towards Kobuchizawa
Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station
Shigeno
towards Nagano
 Shinano Railway Line Hirahara
towards Karuizawa
Location
Koumi Line platform

Komoro Station (小諸駅, Komoro-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in Komoro, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway and JR East. It is managed by the Shinano Railway.

Lines

Komoro Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 22.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station. It is also a station on the Koumi Line, and is 78.9 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Kobuchizawa Station. From 1926 to 1936, the station was also used by the now defunct Nunobiki Electric Railway(ja).

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. May 2018, the three elevators were installed and the barrier-free environment was completed. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

1 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Karuizawa
2 ■ Shinano Railway Line for Ueda, Shinonoi, and Nagano
3 ■ Shinano Railway Line for starting trains
4/5 ■ Koumi Line for Nakagomi, Koumi and Kobuchizawa

History

The station opened on 1 December 1888.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 1,650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The Shinano Railway portion of the station was used by 3,167 passengers in Fiscal 2015.[4]

Surrounding area

  • Komoro ekimae Koban
  • Komoro City Hall
  • Komoro City Library
  • Asama Nanroku Komoro Medical Center
  • Komoro Aioi Post Office
  • Komoro Castle Site (Kaikoen)
  • Komoro Grand Castle Hotel
  • Nakadana-Sô (Ryokan)
  • Nishiura-Dam (TEPCO)

Bus routes

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 243. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  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.
  4. ^ 2015年版　『統計小諸』 (in Japanese). Japan: Komoro City. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

External links

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