Nobeyama Station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Nobeyama Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 野辺山駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Nobeyama Station 01.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Nobeyama Station in August 2011

| other_name =

| address = 306 Nobeyama, Minamimaki Village, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture 384-1305

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35.955327|138.4745|format=dms|display=inline, title|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}

| operator = {{ric|JR East|name=y}}

| line = {{rcb|JR East|Koumi|yes}}

| distance = {{cvt|23.4|km}} from {{STN|Kobuchizawa|x}}

| platforms = 1 side + 1 island platform

| tracks = 3

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| elevation = {{cvt|1,345.67|m|ftin}}

| code =

| status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

| website = {{Official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1211}}

| opened = {{start date and age|1935|11|29|df=y}}

| rebuilt = {{Start date and age|1983|03|16|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 84 daily

| pass_year = FY2021

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR East|line2=Koumi|left2=Shinano-Kawakami|right2=Kiyosato}}

| map_type = Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan Kanto Chubu Kansai#Japan

| map_dot_label = Nobeyama Station

}}

{{nihongo|Nobeyama Station|野辺山駅|Nobeyama-eki}} is a railway station on the Koumi Line in the village of Minamimaki in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is the highest JR station in Japan.

Lines

Nobeyama Station is served by the {{Convert|78.9|km|abbr=on}} Koumi Line and is {{Convert|23.4|km|abbr=on}} from the starting point of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks, connected by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. A sign on the platform proclaims it to be the highest JR station in Japan, located at {{Convert|1,345.67|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite book | editor-first = Kunio | editor-last = Uchiyama |script-title=ja: 長野県鉄道全駅 |trans-title=The databook of all railroad stations in Nagano |publisher = The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun |date = 20 June 2009 |location = Japan |language = Japanese |page = 148|isbn = 978-4-7840-7112-8}}

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name=Koumi Line|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Sakudaira|x}} and {{STN|Komoro|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nidx=Koumi Line|col=Green|dir=for {{STN|Kiyosato|x}} and {{STN|Kobuchizawa|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx=Koumi Line|col=Green|dir= (passing loop) }}

Platform layout island side 1.png|→:for Komuro
←:for Kobuchizawa

Nobeyama Station 02.jpg|The platforms in August 2011

野辺山駅 - panoramio.jpg|The platform in August 2008, with the sign indicating the altitude of 1,345.67 m above sea level

The highest point in railway of JR group.jpg|Marker on the right indicating the highest point operated within the JR Group, February 2011

JR Koumi Line Nobeyama Station Gates.jpg|Fare validation machines

JR Koumi Line Nobeyama Station Platform.jpg|Platforms, October 2021

JR Koumi Line Nobeyama Station Premises railroad crossing.jpg|Pedestrian crossing, October 2021

C56 96.JPG|C56 96 in Ginga Park next to the station, August 2009

History

Nobeyama Station opened on 29 November 1935.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編|trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR| publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 | location = Japan |language= Japanese | volume = II| page = 201| isbn = 4-533-02980-9}} With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in March 1983.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_08.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}}