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Ōgizawa Station (扇沢駅, Ōgizawa-eki) is an Electric bus station located in the city of Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan, nestled below the Great Northern Alps operated by Tateyama Kurobe Kankō. Ogizawa Station is one of two starting points for ascending the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route – the other being Tateyama Station on the Toyama-side of the ...
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 line does not have any official name. The 6.1-km line runs in a tunnel for 5.4 km, the approximately 700-metre above-ground section consisting of around 300 metres of open roadway at and near Ōgizawa station and 400 metres covered by a snow shelter on the approach to the tunnel. [1]
All local trains stop at all stations. Extra rapid trains stop at specific stations. Some of the stations along the Koumi Line are among the highest in Japan, with Nobeyama Station reaching 1,345 meters (4,413 ft) above sea level. Because of the frequent stops and winding route, the full 78.9 kilometers (49.0
The station opened on 1 September 1898 as Yoshida Station (吉田駅). [2] It was renamed Kita-Nagano Station on 1 April 1957. [ 2 ] 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).
The Shinano Railway Line (しなの鉄道線, Shinano Tetsudō-sen) is a 65.1 km (40.5 mi) railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It connects Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa with Shinonoi Station in Nagano.
Nagano (長野市, Nagano-shi, pronounced [naganoꜜ ɕi] [2]) is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan .
Kuroi Station: The Kubiki Railway Co. opened a 15 km (9.3 mi) 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge line to Uragawara between 1914 and 1916, with the line closing in 1971. Raikoji Station: The Nagaoka Railway Co. opened a 39 km (24 mi) line to Teradomari (on the Echigo Line) between 1915 and 1921. This company introduced Japan's first diesel railcar in 1928 ...