Kitatono Station

Railway station in Minamiminowa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

35°52′47″N 137°59′03″E / 35.8796°N 137.9841°E / 35.8796; 137.9841Elevation661 meters^{[citation needed]}Operated by

JR CentralLine(s)

Iida LineDistance183.2 km from ToyohashiPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStatusUnstaffedHistoryOpened3 November 1911PassengersFY2016287 daily

Location
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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

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

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

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Iida Line
Tabata	Rapid Misuzu	Kinoshita
Tabata	Local	Kinoshita

History

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

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

Surrounding area

The station is located in central Minamiminowa.

National Route 153

References

^ 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.