Shimpu Station

Shimpu Station 新府駅
Shimpu Station platforms
Location	4103-1, Nakada-machi Nakajo, Nirasaki, Yamanashi （山梨県韮崎市中田町中條4103-1） Japan
Coordinates	35°44′14″N 138°26′00″E / 35.737228°N 138.433347°ECoordinates: 35°44′14″N 138°26′00″E / 35.737228°N 138.433347°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Connections
History
Opened	1972
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	57 daily

Shimpu Station (新府駅 Shinpu-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nakata-Nakajō, Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 151.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Shimpu Station opened on June 10, 1945 as a signal stop, and was elevated to a full station on September 10, 1972 as a station on the JNR (Japanese National Railways). With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Layout

Shimpu Station has two opposed side platforms built on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unattended.

Platforms

down	■Chūō Main Line	for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
up	■Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Enzan, Ōtsuki and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
JR East
Nirasaki		Chūō Main Line		Anayama

References

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)
• JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.

External links

• JR East Shimpu Station