is a train station in the city of Nagano,

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, Japan, operated jointly by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

(JR East), with the third-sector railway operating company

Shinano Railway The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in Octob ...

Lines

Shinanoi Station is one of the intermediate terminals of the discontinuous the

Shin'etsu Main Line The is a railway line, consisting of three geographically separated sections, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It was originally one continuous line connecting and via . Since the opening and later extension of ...

, and is 9.3 kilometers from

Nagano Station 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). Lines Nagano Station is served by the ...

. It is also the

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of the 66.7 kilometer Shinanoi Line. It is also the terminus for the

Shinonoi Line The is a railway line in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Shinonoi Station in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano with Shiojiri Station in Shiojiri, Nagano, Shiojiri. The line is a corridor between ...

and the 65.1 kilometer Shinano Railway Line.

Station layout

The station consists of a one ground-level

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

and one

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, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , short for ''Magnetic-electronic Automatic'' ''Reservation System,'' is a train ticket reservation system used by the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and travel agencies in Japan. It was developed jointly by Hitachi and the former Ja ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Shinonoi-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket gate, October 2021 Shinonoi-STA Ticket.jpg, Ticket vending machine, October 2021 JREast-Shinetsu-main-line-Shinonoi-station-platform-20110906-155742.jpg, Platforms, September 2011

History

Shinanoi Station was opened on 15 August 1888. In the 1987 privatization of the

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR), the station was assigned to the control of the

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 19,188 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Shinonoi Post Office *

Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium a.k.a. is a football stadium in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. It is the home ground of J3 League club AC Nagano Parceiro and L.League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies is a professional women's football club based in Nagano and affiliated with A ...

, home of town

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club

AC Nagano Parceiro AC Nagano Parceiro (AC長野パルセイロ, ''E Shī Nagano Paruseiro'') is a Japanese football club based in Nagano, capital of Nagano Prefecture. They play in the J3 League, Japanese third tier of professional football. Name origin The clu ...

References

External links

Shinonoi Station
(JR East) {{Shinonoi Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Railway stations in Nagano (city) Shin'etsu Main Line Shinonoi Line Shinano Railway Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company