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Kami-Suwa Station

Kami-Suwa Station
上諏訪駅
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Kami-Suwa Station forecourt in June 2016
Location 1 Suwa, Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-0004
Japan
Coordinates 36°02′47″N 138°06′59″E / 36.0465°N 138.1165°E / 36.0465; 138.1165
Elevation 761.9 meters
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s) Chuo Main Line
Distance 201.9 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=492
History
Opened 25 November 1905
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 4,339 per day
Location
Kami-Suwa Station is located in Japan
Kami-Suwa Station
Kami-Suwa Station
Location within Japan

Kami-Suwa Station (上諏訪駅 Kami-Suwa-eki?) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in Suwa, Nagano, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kami-Suwa Station is served by the Chuo Main Line with through trains to and from Shinjuku in Tokyo. It is located 201.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.

The station platforms viewed from the south in June 2016

The ashiyu footbath on platform 1

The station opened on 25 November 1905. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 4,339 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.


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