Hakuba Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 白馬駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Hokujō-Yotsuya, Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-9301 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.6957°N 137.8635°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōito Line |
Distance: | 59.7 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Elevation: | 697 meters[1] |
Code: | 13 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Shinano-Yotsuya Station (until 1968) |
Passengers: | 321 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hakuba Station |
is a railway station on the Ōito Line in the village of Hakuba, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]
Hakuba Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 59.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station.[2]
Hakuba Station consists of a one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
The station opened on 20 November 1932 as . It was renamed Hakuba on 1 October 1968.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 321 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]