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Shiojiri Station

Shiojiri Station
塩尻駅
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Shiojiri Station, June 2015
Location Daimon Hachibancho, Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture 399-0737
Japan
Coordinates 36°6′53.2″N 137°56′52.5″E / 36.114778°N 137.947917°E / 36.114778; 137.947917Coordinates: 36°6′53.2″N 137°56′52.5″E / 36.114778°N 137.947917°E / 36.114778; 137.947917
Elevation 715.8 meters
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance 222.1 km from Tokyo
Platforms 3 island platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=774
History
Opened 15 December 1902
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 3981 (daily)
Location
Shiojiri Station is located in Japan
Shiojiri Station
Shiojiri Station
Location within Japan

Shiojiri Station (塩尻駅 Shiojiri-eki?) is a train station in the city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company. It is the operational border between JR East and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) for the Chūō Main Line.

Shiojiri Station is served by the Chūō Main Line (Chūō East Line), and is 222.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus of the 27.7 kilometer Okaya – Shiojiri branch line. It is also the terminus for the Shinonoi Line.

The station consists of a three ground-level island platforms, connected to the station building by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Shiojiri Station opened on 15 December 1902, initially as the terminal of a Chuo Line extension from Matsumoto. The station was relocated in 1982, with the old station being converted to a classification yard. In the 1987 privatization of the Japanese National Railways, the station was assigned to the control of the East Japan Railway Company.


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