Shinano-Matsukawa Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 信濃松川駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 7025-10, Matsukawa-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-8501 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.4247°N 137.8586°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Ōito Line |
Distance: | 26.0 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Elevation: | 613.6 meters |
Code: | 27 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 29 September 1915 |
Former: | Ikeda-Matsukawa Station (to 1937) |
Passengers: | 601 |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shinano-Matsukawa Station |
is a railway station in the village of Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Shinano-Matsukawa Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 26.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.[1]
The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
The station opened on 29 September 1915 as on the Shinano Railway. The Shinano Railway was integrated into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 June 1937 and the station was renamed to its present name the same day.[1] 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 601 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]