Toyono Station Explained

Toyono Station
Native Name:豊野駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1002 Toyono, Toyono-machi, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 389-1105
Country:Japan
Coordinates:36.7114°N 138.2754°W
Status:Staffed
Distance:10.8 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3
Elevation:334.6 meters
Opened:1 September 1898
Passengers:1,320 daily (JR)
1,021 (Shinano Railway)
Pass Year:FY2016
Map Type:Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Toyono Station

is a railway station in Toyono in the city of Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Lines

Toyono Station forms a nominal terminus for the JR East Iiyama Line, although many trains continue past the station to . The station is also served by the 37.3 km Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line, lying 10.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[1]

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, with an elevated station building built over the tracks. The station is staffed.[2]

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 May 1888.[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[3]

A new station building was completed in February 2007.[1] From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[4] From this date, Kita-Nagano Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1,320 passengers daily (JR East data, boarding passengers only).[5]

In fiscal 2016, the Shinano Railway portion of station was used by an average of 1,021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Shinano Mainichi Shimbun . Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版) . 2011 . Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing . 9784784071647 . 26. ja.
  2. Web site: 豊野駅. Shinano Railway. 21 March 2015.
  3. Book: ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 579. 4-533-02980-9.
  4. Osano. Kagetoshi . ja: 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 . Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen . Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . 44. 371 . 28–33 . Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . Japanese . March 2015.
  5. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2016_05.html. ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016). 2017. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 8 February 2019.
  6. Web site: https://www.city.nagano.nagano.jp/site/kikaku-toukei/22707.html. ja: 長野市統計書 8.運輸・通信. Nagano City Statistics Section 8. Transportation - Communications. 2017. Nagano City. Japan. Japanese. 8 February 2019.