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Kitatono Station

Coordinates: 35°52′47″N 137°59′03″E / 35.8796°N 137.9841°E / 35.8796; 137.9841
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Kitatono Station

北殿駅
Kitatono Station in September 2009
General information
Location3718 Kitadono, Minamiminowa, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-4511
Japan
Coordinates35°52′47″N 137°59′03″E / 35.8796°N 137.9841°E / 35.8796; 137.9841
Elevation661 meters[citation needed]
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Iida Line
Distance183.2 km from Toyohashi
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
History
Opened3 November 1911
Passengers
FY2016287 daily
Location
Kitatono Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Kitatono Station
Kitatono Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Kitatono Station is located in Japan
Kitatono Station
Kitatono Station
Kitatono Station (Japan)

Kitatono Station (北殿駅, Kitatono-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Minamiminowa, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

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Kitatono Station is an unattended station served by the Iida Line and is 183.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing.

Platforms

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1  Iida Line for Tatsuno
2  Iida Line for Iida and Tenryūkyō

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Iida Line
Tabata   Rapid Misuzu   Kinoshita
Tabata   Local   Kinoshita

History

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Kitatono Station opened on 3 November 1911. From 1943 to 1956, the name of the station was officially pronounced "Kitadono Station".[citation needed] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1991.[citation needed]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 287 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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The station is located in central Minamiminowa.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 83 JRの駅別乗車人員-1日平均 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2019.
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