Shiojiri Station

Shiojiri Station 塩尻駅
Shiojiri Station, June 2015
Location	Daimon, Shiojiri, Nagano Japan
Coordinates	36°6′53.2″N 137°56′52.5″E / 36.114778°N 137.947917°ECoordinates: 36°6′53.2″N 137°56′52.5″E / 36.114778°N 137.947917°E
Operated by	JR East JR Central
Line(s)	Shinonoi Line Chūō Main Line
History
Opened	1902

Shiojiri Station (塩尻駅 Shiojiri-eki) is a railway station in Daimon, Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
  • Chūō Main Line (Chūō East Line)
  • Shinonoi Line
• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
  • Chūō Main Line (Chūō West Line)

Layout

The station has three island platforms. The ticket offices and gates are located on a bridge over the tracks.

1	■Chūō East Line	for Okaya, Kami-Suwa, Kōfu and Shinjuku
2	■Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto and Nagano
3	■Chūō East Line	for Ono and Tatsuno
	■Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto and Nagano
4	■Chūō East Line	for Okaya, Kamisuwa and Kōfu
	■Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto and Nagano
	■Chūō West Line	for Kiso-Fukushima, Nakatsugawa and Nagoya
5	■Chūō West Line	for Kiso-Fukushima, Nakatsugawa and Nagoya
6	■Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto and Nagano

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
JR East
Midoriko		Chūō East Line (New Line)		Terminus
Ono		Chūō East Line (Old Line)		Terminus
Terminus		Shinonoi Line		Hirooka
JR Central
Terminus		Chūō West Line		Seba

History

Shiojiri Station opened on 15 December 1902,^[1] initially as the terminal of a Chuo Line extension from Matsumoto. The station was relocated in 1982, with the old station being converted to a classification yard. In the 1987 privatization of the Japanese National Railways, the station was assigned to the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

References

1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 54. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

External links

• JR East Shiojiri Station