Kamikatagiri Station (上片桐駅, Kamikatagiri-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Matsukawa, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Kamikatagiri Station

上片桐駅
Kamikatagiri Station in September 2009
General information
LocationKamikatagiri, Matsukawa-cho, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-3301
Japan
Coordinates35°37′04″N 137°54′15″E / 35.6178°N 137.9041°E / 35.6178; 137.9041
Elevation607 meters[citation needed]
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Iida Line
Distance146.9 km from Toyohashi
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened22 November 1920
Passengers
FY2016384 (daily)
Location
Kamikatagiri Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Kamikatagiri Station
Kamikatagiri Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Kamikatagiri Station is located in Japan
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Kamikatagiri Station
Kamikatagiri Station (Japan)

Lines

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Kamikatagiri Station is served by the Iida Line and is 146.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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1  Iida Line for Iida and Tenryūkyō
2  Iida Line for Tatsuno

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Iida Line
Ina-Ōshima   Rapid Misuzu (快速みすず)   Nanakubo
Ina-Ōshima   Local   Ina-Tajima

History

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Kamikatagiri Station opened on 22 November 1920. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. A new station building was completed in February 2009.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 384 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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  • Matsukawa High School

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 83 JRの駅別乗車人員-1日平均 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017.
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