Shinano-Ōmachi Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 信濃大町駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 3200 Ōmachi, Ōmachishi, Nagano-ken 398-0002 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.5°N 137.8614°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōito Line |
Distance: | 35.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Elevation: | 712.5 meters[1] |
Code: | 23 |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 1332 |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shinano-Ōmachi- Station |
is a railway station in the city of Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.[2]
Shinano-Ōmachi Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 35.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.[2]
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. the side platform is Platform 1 and is adjacent to the station building; the island platform has Platform 3 and Platform 4. There is no Platform 2. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[2]
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,443 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Shinano-Ōmachi Station opened on 5 July 1916.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.