Minami-Otari Station

Railway station in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Other informationStatusStaffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")Station code9HistoryOpened29 November 1935; 88 years ago (1935-11-29)PassengersFY2015121 daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Terminus Azusa Hakuba
13
towards Chiba or Tokyo
Ōito Line
Rapid
 Shinano-Moriue
12
Ōito Line
Local
 Chikuni
10
towards Matsumoto
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Nakatsuchi
towards Itoigawa
 Ōito Line Terminus
Location
Minami-Otari Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Minami-Otari Station
Minami-Otari Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
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Minami-Otari Station is located in Japan
Minami-Otari Station
Minami-Otari Station
Minami-Otari Station (Japan)
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Minami-Otari Station (南小谷駅, Minami-Otari-eki) is a railway station on the Ōito Line in the village of Otari, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is numbered "9".[2] The station is on the electrical borderline of the JR East and JR West systems and operations are shared between the two companies.[1] The section north of this station, operated by JR West is not electrified and all JR East services terminate here.

Lines

Minami-Otari Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 70.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station.[1]

Station layout

Minami-Otari Station consists of a one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

1,2,3 ■ Ōito Line for Hakuba, Shinano-Ōmachi, Matsumoto and Shinjuku
2,3 ■ Ōito Line for Itoigawa

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 121 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

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. ISBN 9784784071647.
  2. ^ "大糸線に「駅ナンバー」を導入します" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  3. ^ 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.

External links

  • JR East Minami-Otari Station
  • JR West Minami-Otari Station
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Stations of the Ōito Line (Minami-Otari - Itoigawa)