Toyoshina Station

Toyoshina Station (豊科駅, Toyoshina-eki) is a railway station in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Ōito Line34
Toyoshina Station

豊科駅
Toyoshina Station, March 2010
Location4911-3 Toyoshina, Azumino-shi, Nagano-ken 399-8205
Japan
Coordinates36°18′0.78″N 137°54′3.49″E
Elevation552.7 meters[1]
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Ōito Line
Distance11.4 km from Matsumoto
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code34
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened6 January 1915
Passengers
FY2015940
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hotaka
32
toward Minami-Otari
 Azusa Matsumoto
42
toward Chiba or Tokyo
Hakuyachō
One-way operation
 Ōito Line
Rapid
 Minami-Toyoshina
35
toward Matsumoto
Hakuyachō
33
toward Minami-Otari
 Ōito Line
Local
Location
Toyoshina Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Toyoshina Station
Toyoshina Station (Japan)

Lines

Toyoshina Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 11.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving a two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms
1 ■ Ōito Line for Matsumoto
2 ■ Ōito Line for Shinano-Ōmachi, Hakuba and Minami-Otari
Toyoshina platform, May 2008

History

Toyoshina Station opened on 6 January 1915. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The station building was remodelled in 2007.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 940 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

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. p. 99. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. 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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