Toyono Station

Toyono Station 豊野駅
Toyono Station in May 2022
General information
Location	1002 Toyono, Toyono-machi, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 389-1105 Japan
Coordinates	36.7114°N 138.2754°E / 36.7114; 138.2754
Elevation	334.6 metres (1,098 ft)[1]
Operated by	Shinano Railway JR East
Line(s)	■ Kita-Shinano Line ■ Iiyama Line
Distance	10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) from Nagano
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
History
Opened	1 September 1898
Passengers
FY2016	1,320 daily (JR) 1,021 (Shinano Railway)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Sansai towards Nagano Iiyama Line Shinano-Asano towards Echigo-Kawaguchi Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station Sansai towards Nagano Kita-Shinano Line Mure towards Myoko-Kogen
Location Toyono Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Toyono Station Toyono Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Toyono Station (豊野駅, Toyono-eki) is a railway station in Toyono in the city of Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Lines

Toyono Station forms a nominal terminus for the JR East Iiyama Line, although many trains continue past the station to Nagano. The station is also served by the 37.3 km Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line, lying 10.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, with an elevated station building built over the tracks. The station is staffed.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Myōkō-Kōgen
	■ Iiyama Line	for Togari-Nozawaonsen, Tōkamachi, and Echigo-Kawaguchi
2/3	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Nagano
	■ Iiyama Line	for Nagano

History

The station opened on 1 May 1888.^[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[3]

A new station building was completed in February 2007.^[1] From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new Shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[4] From this date, Kita-Nagano Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 1,320 passengers daily (JR East data, boarding passengers only).^[5]

In fiscal 2016, the Shinano Railway portion of station was used by an average of 1,021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Surrounding area

• Former Toyono Town Hall
• Chikuma River
• National Route 18

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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. p. 26. ISBN 9784784071647.
2. Shinano Railway. "豊野駅". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
3. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 579. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2016年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
6. 長野市統計書 8.運輸・通信 [Nagano City Statistics Section 8. Transportation - Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano City. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

External links

• Shinano Railway Toyono Station information (in Japanese)
• JR East Toyono Station information (in Japanese)