Murai Station

{{short description|Railway station in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRSN|SN|03|size=50}}
Murai Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 村井駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JR-east Murai station.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Murai Station, March 2007

| other_name =

| address = 1-36-14 Muraimachi-Minami Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399-0036

| country = Japan

| coordinates ={{coord|36.1745|N|137.9565|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline}}

| operator = {{Plainlist|

}}

| line = {{JRLS|SN}} Shinonoi Line

| distance = 6.8 km from {{STN|Shiojiri|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| connections =

| structure =

| elevation = 628.85 meters

| code = SN03

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1547}}

| opened = 15 December 1902

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 1776 (daily)

| pass_year = FY2015

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East

|line=Shinonoi|left=Hirooka|note-left={{JRSN|SN|02|size=30}}|right=Hirata|note-right={{JRSN|SN|04|size=30}}|note-mid=Rapid
Local & Rapid Misuzu}}

| map_type = Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Murai Station

}}

File:Murai oilcar.jpg

{{nihongo|Murai Station|村井駅|Murai-eki}} is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Murai Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 6.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at {{STN|Shiojiri|x}} and continue on to {{STN|Matsumoto|x}} via this station.{{cite book |last1=Shinano Mainichi Shimbun |title=Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅増補改訂版) |date=2011 |publisher=Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing |isbn=9784784071647 |page=77|language=ja}}

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

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History

Murai Station opened on 15 December 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. Station numbering introduced on the line from February 2025, with the station being assigned number SN03.{{cite web |title=ＪＲ東日本長野支社管内へ「駅ナンバリング」を拡大します |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2024/nagano/20241213_na02.pdf |website=East Japan Railway Company |access-date=8 April 2025 |language=Japanese |date=13 December 2024}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1776 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_05.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)|year= 2016|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 5 July 2016}}