is a railway station on the

Shinano Railway Line The is a railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It connects Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa with Shinonoi Station in Nagano. Overview Before October 1997, the right ...

in the city of

Chikuma, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 58,124 in 22,407 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city was . Geography Chikuma is located in the Chikuma River valley, sout ...

, Japan, operated by 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

Chikuma Station is served by the

and is 57.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Karuizawa Station is a railway station in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, operated jointly by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Public–private partnership#Japan, third-sector railway operator Shinano Railway. Lines Kar ...

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Chikuma Station opened on 14 March 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 825 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*Goka Post Office *Goka Elementary School

References

External links

* {{Shinano Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 2009 Shinano Railway Line Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Chikuma, Nagano