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

Yashiro Station is served by the

and is 59.9 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 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

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, ...

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

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yashiro Station opened on 15 August 1888. The

Nagano Electric Railway The is a private railway based in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Japan. The company and its line are commonly referred to as . It originally operated three lines, but only the Nagano Line between Nagano — Suzaka — Shinshū-Nakano — ...

Yashiro Line also served this station from 10 June 1922 to 31 March 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 4,464 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*Chikuma City Hall *Chikuma Post Office * Yashiro-Minami High School

References

External links

* {{Shinano Railway Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888 Railway stations in Nagano Prefecture Shinano Railway Line Nagano Electric Railway Chikuma, Nagano