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Railway station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Nagano Station長野駅
Nagano Station, Zenkoji-guchi Entrance
General information
Location Kurita, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 380-0921Japan
Coordinates 36°38′35″N 138°11′17″E / 36.643114°N 138.188058°E / 36.643114; 138.188058
Elevation 361 m (1,184 ft) [1]
Operated by Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Shinano Railway Nagano Electric Railway
Line(s) The symbol for the portion of the Hokuriku Shinkansen run by JR East. Hokuriku Shinkansen Shin'etsu Main LineKita-Shinano LineNagano Electric Railway Nagano Line
Platforms 7 island platforms
Connections Bus interchange Bus stop
Other information
Station code N1 (Nagano Electric Railway)
History
Opened 1 May 1888; 136 years ago (1 May 1888)
Passengers
FY2015 21,168 daily (JR East) 5,251 daily (Nagano Electric Railway)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station Ōmiyatowards Tokyo Hokuriku ShinkansenKagayaki through to JR West Uedatowards Tokyo Hokuriku ShinkansenHakutaka Iiyamatowards Jōetsumyōkō Hokuriku ShinkansenAsama Terminus Shinonoitowards Shiojiri Shinano Amoritowards Shinonoi Shin'etsu Main LineShinonoi – Nagano AkashinaOne-way operation Shinonoi LineGood Morning Liner Kawanakajima(limited service)towards Shiojiri Shinonoi LineRapid Amoritowards Shiojiri Shinonoi LineLocal & Rapid Misuzu Terminus Iiyama Line Kita-Naganotowards Echigo-Kawaguchi Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station through to JR East Hokuriku ShinkansenKagayaki Toyamatowards Tsuruga Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station Kawanakajimatowards Karuizawa Shinano Railway LineRapid Terminus Amoritowards Karuizawa Shinano Railway LineLocal Terminus Kita-Shinano Line Kita-Naganotowards Myoko-Kogen Preceding station Nagano Electric Railway Following station Terminus Nagano LineA limited express GondōN3towards Yudanaka Nagano LineB limited expressLocal ShiyakushomaeN2towards Yudanaka
LocationNagano Station is located in JapanNagano StationNagano StationLocation within Japan

Nagano Station (長野駅, Nagano-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden).

Nagano Station is served by the following lines.

The JR East portion of the station has two elevated island platforms for the Shinkansen services, and three ground-level island platforms for local services, including onward services by Kita-Shinano Line trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

2 Shinetsu Main Line for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsufor Amori and Shinonoi
■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
Shinano Railway Line for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa
3 Shinetsu Main Line for Amori and Shinonoi
■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
■ Shinano Railway Line for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa
4 Iiyama Line for Toyono, Iiyama, Togari-Nozawaonsen, Tōkamachi, and Echigo-Kawaguchi
5 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsufor Amori and Shinonoi
■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
■ Shinano Railway Line for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa
6 ■ Ltd. Exp. Shinano for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Nagoya
■ Shinetsu Main Line for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsufor Amori and Shinonoi
■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
■ Shinano Railway Line for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa
7 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsufor Amori and Shinonoi
■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu
■ Shinano Railway Line for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa
11-14 Hokuriku Shinkansen for Toyama, Kanazawa, Fukui and Tsuruga for Karuizawa, Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo

The Shinkansen platforms have used the tune "Shinano no Kuni" (the Nagano prefectural song) for the departure melody since January 2015.[2]

Nagano Electric Railway

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The Nagano Electric Railway platforms are located underground below the JR platforms. The Nagano Electric Railway has two island platforms serving three tracks.

1 ■ Nagano Line for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Local trains)
2 ■ Nagano Line for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Limited express trains)
3 ■ Nagano Line for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Local trains)

Nagano Station opened on 1 May 1888.[3] When the Japanese National Railways (JNR) were divided and privatized on 1 April 1987, the station became a part of the system of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 1 October 1997, JR East opened the Nagano Shinkansen with its terminus at Nagano.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 21,168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[7]

  1. ^ JR East
  2. ^ 北陸新幹線 金沢開業に向け、長野駅と飯山駅の発車メロディをそれぞれ県歌「信濃の国」と唱歌「ふるさと」といたします。 ["Shinano no Kuni" and "Furusato" to be used as departure melodies for Nagano and Iiyama Stations] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company Nagano Division. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [_JNR Station Directory_]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 138. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Alpico Express Bus, Route Bus, Index". www.alpico.co.jp. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "西武バス". www.seibubus.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "ながでんバス|高速バス|". www.nagadenbus.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  7. ^ 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.