Shimo-Suwa Station (下諏訪駅, Shimo-Suwa-eki) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in the town of Shimosuwa, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Shimo-Suwa Station 下諏訪駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Hirose-cho, Shimosuwa-machi, Suwa-gun, Nagano-ken 393-0056 Japan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.0719°N 138.0851°E / 36.0719; 138.0851 | |||||||||||||||
Elevation | 767.5 meters[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 206.3 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 25 November 1905 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1993 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
FY2015 | 1,982 daily | |||||||||||||||
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Shimo-Suwa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line and is 206.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.[1]
Shimo-Suwa Station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
1 | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Kōfu, Shinjuku and Tokyo |
2 | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Shiojiri and Matsumoto |
3 | ■ Chūō Main Line | (not normally used) |
The station opened on 25 November 1905.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The station building was rebuilt in 1998.[1]
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,982 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
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