Nagasaka Station

Nagasaka Station (長坂駅, Nagasaka-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nagasaka, in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

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Nagasaka Station

長坂駅
Nagasaka Station in August 2010
Location2575, Nagasaka-cho Nagasaka-Kamijō, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates35.827417°N 138.366889°E / 35.827417; 138.366889
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Chūō Main Line
Distance166.3 km from Tokyo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1918
Passengers
20151131 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Kobuchizawa
CO51
toward Shiojiri
 Chūō Main Line Hinoharu
CO49
toward Tachikawa
Location
Nagasaka Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Nagasaka Station
Nagasaka Station (Japan)

Lines

Nagasaka Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 166.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground level side platforms. The station is built on a hill, with the tracks reached via stairs underneath. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Hachiōji and Shinjuku
2 ■ Chūō Main Line for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto

History

Nagasaka Station was opened on December 11, 1918 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,131 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Former Nagasaka Town Hall
  • Musée Kiyoharu Shirakaba

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  • Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
  • JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.

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