Okaya Station

Okaya Station
Okaya Station; 岡谷駅
	Okaya Station in May 2017
Location	1-1-1 Honchō, Okaya-shi, Nagano-ken 394-0028; Japan
Coordinates	36.056741°N 138.044618°E
Elevation	766 meters[1]
Owned by	JR East
Operated by	JR East; JR Central;
Line(s)	■Chūō Main Line; ■ Iida Line;
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 November 1905
Passengers
FY2015	3,167 (daily)
Services
Location
	Okaya Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Okaya Station Okaya Station (Japan)

Okaya Station (岡谷駅, Okaya-eki) is a railway station in Honchō, Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by JR Central and JR East. It is managed by JR East.

Lines

Okaya Station is a terminus of the old route of the Chuo Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch), and is 210.4 km from Tokyo Station. A small number of trains on the Iida Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Tatsuno to stop at this station and the previous Kawagishi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform with a cut-out serving two tracks, and one ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

0	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Iida, and Ina
1	■ Chūō Main Line	for Kami-Suwa,Kōfu ,and Tokyo
2	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Ina, and Iida
	■ Chūō Main Line	for Shiojiri, Matsumoto and Nagano for Kami-Suwa, Kōfu, and Tokyo
3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Shiojiri, Matsumoto, and Nagano
	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Ida, and Ina

The platforms viewed from above in May 2017
A JR Central 313 series EMU on an Iida Line service in May 2017

Bus terminal

Highway buses

Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku Station[2]
Alpen Suwa; For Kyōto Station, Momoyamadai Station, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Umeda Station[2]

History

The station opened on 25 November 1905. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,167 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

Nagano Expressway

References

JR East
"Alpico Express Bus, Route Bus, Index". www.alpico.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

External links

JR East station information (in Japanese)

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[1] JR East

[Highwaybuses-2] "Alpico Express Bus, Route Bus, Index". www.alpico.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

[jreast2015stats-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 11 December 2016.