Shinano-Ōmachi Station

Location
	Shinano-Ōmachi- Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Shinano-Ōmachi- Station Shinano-Ōmachi- Station (Japan)

Ōito Line23
Shinano-Ōmachi Station

信濃大町駅
Ōito Line23; Shinano-Ōmachi Station; 信濃大町駅
	Shinano-Ōmachi Station after the renovation in 2010
General information
Location	3200 Ōmachi, Ōmachishi, Nagano-ken 398-0002; Japan
Coordinates	36°30′00″N 137°51′41″E / 36.5000032°N 137.8613645°E
Elevation	712.5 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	35.1 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	23
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 July 1916; 108 years ago
Passengers
FY2015	1332
Services
Terminus	Shinano-Tokiwa 25 towards Matsumoto
Location
Location
	Shinano-Ōmachi- Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Shinano-Ōmachi- Station Shinano-Ōmachi- Station (Japan)

Shinano-Ōmachi Station (信濃大町駅, Shinano-Ōmachi-eki) 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]

Lines

Shinano-Ōmachi Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 35.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.^[2]

Station layout

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]

Platforms

1	■ Ōito Line	for Hotaka, Toyoshina and Matsumoto for Hakuba, Minami-Otari and Itoigawa
3, 4	■ Ōito Line	for Hotaka, Toyoshina, Matsumoto for Hakuba, Minami-Otari and Itoigawa

Bus terminal

Highway buses

Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku Station
For Nagano Station

Route buses

For Ōgizawa Station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,443 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

History

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.

Surrounding area

Omachi Post Office
National Route 147
Omachi Mountaineering Museum

References

^ [1] JR East
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 9784784071647.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

JR East station information (in Japanese)
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route official website

[1] [1] JR East

[Shinano-2] Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 9784784071647.

[jreast2015stats-3] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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