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Nagano Station opened on 1 May 1888. [3] When the Japanese National Railways (JNR) were divided and privatized on 1 April 1987, the station became a part of the system of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 1 October 1997, JR East opened the Nagano Shinkansen with its terminus at Nagano.
The Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line (しなの鉄道北しなの線, Shinano Tetsudō Kita-Shinano-sen) is a 37.3 km (23.2 mi) railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, since 14 March 2015 following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension north of Nagano and transfer of operations of the former Shinetsu Main Line ...
The Shinano Railway Co., Ltd. (しなの鉄道株式会社, Shinano Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in October 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen ...
Yashiro Station: The Kato Railway opened a 24 km line to Suzaka on the Nagano Electric Railway line in 1922, electrified it at 1,500 V DC in January 1926, and merged with that company in September the same year. CTC signalling was commissioned on the line in 1983, but due to falling patronage the line closed in 2012.
Station platform, February 2022. Kita-Nagano Station (北長野駅, Kita-Nagano-eki) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line in Nakagoe, in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway. [1] It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.
(Note - for the connections at stations between Karuizawa and Shinonoi, see Shinano Railway Line) Nagano Station: The Zenkoji Hakuba Railway Co. opened a 7 km (4.3 mi) line to Susohana Guchi in 1936. A proposal for the line to be extended to Hakuba on the Oito Line did not eventuate, and the line closed in 1944.
Station name Japanese Distance (km) Limited Express Connections Tracks Location Between stations Total B A S N1 Nagano: 長野 - 0.0 Hokuriku Shinkansen Shin'etsu Main Line Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line: Two Nagano: N2 Shiyakushomae: 市役所前 0.4 0.4 ｜ ｜ N3 Gondō: 権堂 0.6 1.0 N4 Zenkōjishita: 善光寺下 0.6 1.6 ｜ ｜ ｜
Between May 2012 and March 2014, station platforms on the Nagano Shinkansen had their platform roofs extended to handle the E7 series 12-car trains which entered service in March 2014 ahead of the March 2015 opening of the extension beyond Nagano. [19] The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa opened in March 2015. [19]