Minami-Kamishiro Station

Minami-Kamishiro Station (南神城駅, Minami-Kamishiro-eki) is a railway station in Kamishiro, the village of Hakuba, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ōito Line16 Minami-Kamishiro Station 南神城駅
Minami-Kamishiro Station, May 2009
General information
Location	Kamishiro-Sano, Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-9211 Japan
Coordinates	36°38′13.46″N 137°50′29.65″E
Elevation	769.2 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	52.8 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	16
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1942 (1942-12-15)
Passengers
FY2011	21
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kamishiro 15 towards Minami-Otari Ōito Line Local Yanaba 18 towards Matsumoto
Former services Preceding station JR East Following station Kamishiro 15 towards Minami-Otari Ōito Line Local Yanaba-Ski-jō-mae 17 towards Matsumoto
Location Minami-Kamishiro Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Minami-Kamishiro Station Minami-Kamishiro Station (Japan)

Minami-Kamishiro platform, January 2007

Lines

Minami-Kamishiro Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 52.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

History

The station opened on 5 December 1942. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

• National Route 148

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Minami-Kamishiro Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)