Tazawa Station

Tazawa Station

田沢駅
Tazawa Station, November 2013
General information
Location5148-2 Toyoshina-Tazawa, Azumino-shi, Nagano-ken 399-7102
Japan
Coordinates36°18′07″N 137°56′25″E / 36.3019°N 137.9403°E / 36.3019; 137.9403
Elevation555.9 meters[1]
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Shinonoi Line
Distance21.6 km from Shiojiri
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=954
History
Opened15 June 1902
Passengers
FY2015530
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Matsumoto
One-way operation
 Shinonoi Line
Good Morning Liner
 Akashina
towards Nagano
Matsumoto
towards Shiojiri
 Shinonoi Line
Rapid
Local & Rapid Misuzu
Location
Tazawa Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Tazawa Station
Tazawa Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Tazawa Station is located in Japan
Tazawa Station
Tazawa Station
Tazawa Station (Japan)

Tazawa Station (田沢駅, Tazawa-eki) is a train station in the city of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tazawa Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 21.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform serving a two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage.[1] The station is a Kan'i itaku station.

Platforms

1 ■ Shinonoi Line for Shinonoi and Nagano
2 ■ Shinonoi Line for Matsumoto and Shiojiri

History

Tazawa Station opened on 15 June 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 530 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. 82. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. ^ 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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