Mure Station (牟礼駅, Mure-eki) is a railway station on the Kita-Shinano Line in Iizuna, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.[1]
Mure Station 牟礼駅 | |
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![]() Mure Station in June 2009 | |
General information | |
Location | 4921-1 Toyono, Iizuna-machi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano-ken 387-0013 Japan |
Coordinates | 36.7532°N 138.2470°E / 36.7532; 138.2470 |
Elevation | 487.1 meters[1] |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Kita-Shinano Line |
Distance | 18.6 km from Nagano |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 May 1888 |
Passengers | |
FY2013 | 767 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Mure Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture![]() ![]() Mure Station Mure Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Mure Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line and is 18.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[2]
The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[1]
station side | ■ Kita-Shinano Line | for Myōkō-Kōgen |
opposite side | ■ Kita-Shinano Line | for Nagano |
← | Service | → | ||
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Kita-Shinano Line | ||||
Toyono | Local | Furuma |
The station opened on 1 May 1888.[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).[2]
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.[3] From this date, Mure Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.
In fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 767 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Stations of the Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line and related lines | |
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Railway abandoned |
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Shinano Railway Line |
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Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line | |
ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line |
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See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen All stations are part of Shin'etsu Main Line prior to Oct 1 1997. bold: Shirayuki stops |