Minami-Otari Station

Minami-Otari Station (南小谷駅, Minami-Otari-eki) is a railway station on the Ōito Line in the village of Otari, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is numbered "9".[2] The station is on the electrical borderline of the JR East and JR West systems and operations are shared between the two companies.[1] The section south of this station, operated by JR West is not electrified and all JR East services terminate here.

Ōito Line9
Minami-Otari Station

南小谷駅
Minami-Otari Station in 2010
Location10356 Chikuni, Otari-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-9422
Japan
Coordinates36°46′29″N 137°54′30″E
Elevation513.1 meters[1]
Operated by
Line(s) Ōito Line
Distance70.1 km from Matsumoto
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code9
History
OpenedNovember 29, 1935 (1935-11-29)
Passengers
FY2015121 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Terminus Azusa Hakuba
13
toward Chiba or Tokyo
Ōito Line
Rapid
Shinano-Moriue
12
Ōito Line
Local
Chikuni
10
toward Matsumoto
Preceding station JR West Following station
Nakatsuchi
toward Itoigawa
Ōito Line Terminus
Location
Minami-Otari Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Minami-Otari Station
Minami-Otari Station (Japan)

Lines

Minami-Otari Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 70.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station.[1]

Station layout

Minami-Otari Station consists of a one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

1,2,3  Ōito Line for Hakuba, Shinano-Ōmachi, Matsumoto and Shinjuku
2,3  Ōito Line for Itoigawa

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 121 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  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. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. "大糸線に「駅ナンバー」を導入します" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  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.
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