Shinano-Kawakami Station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Shinano-Kawakami Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 信濃川上駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JR Koumi Line Shinano-Kawakami Station building.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Station structure, October 2021

| other_name =

| address = 999 Goshotaira, Kawakami Village, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture 384-1407

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35.9761|N|138.5276|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

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

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

| distance = {{cvt|31.5|km}} from {{STN|Kobuchizawa|x}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections =

| structure = At grade

| elevation = {{cvt|1138|m|ftin}}

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{Official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=791}}

| opened = {{Start date and age|14 April 1935|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 88

| pass_year = FY2021

| services = {{Adjstn|system=JR East|line2=Koumi|left2=Saku-Hirose|right2=Nobeyama}}

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

| map_dot_label = Shinano-Kawakami Station

}}

File:JR-East-Koumi-Line-Shinano-Kawakami-Station-02.jpg

{{nihongo|Shinano-Kawakami Station|信濃川上駅|Shinano-Kawakami-eki}} is a railway station in Goshotaira in the village of Kawakami, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).{{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=157|language=ja}}

Lines

Shinano-Kawakami Station is served by the Koumi Line and is 31.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one very narrow ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=station side|first=2|name=Koumi Line|pwidth=150|col=#008000|dir=for {{STN|Koumi|x}} and {{STN|Komoro|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=opp side|first=3|name=Koumi Line|col=#008000|dir=for {{STN|Kiyosato|x}} and {{STN|Kobuchizawa|x}}}}

History

Shinano-Kawakami Station opened on 16 January 1935. 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 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 110 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}}