Kinoshita Station

Railway station in Minowa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

35°54′04″N 137°59′16″E / 35.9011°N 137.9879°E / 35.9011; 137.9879Elevation676 meters^{[citation needed]}Operated by

JR CentralLine(s)

Iida LineDistance185.6 km from ToyohashiPlatforms1 side platformOther informationStatusUnstaffedHistoryOpened22 February 1911PassengersFY2016414 daily

Location
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Kinoshita Station (木ノ下駅, Kinoshita-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Minowa, Kamiina District, Nagano, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines

Kinoshita Station is served by the Iida Line and is 185.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter built on top of the platform. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Iida Line
Kitatono	Rapid Misuzu	Ina-Matsushima
Kitatono	Local	Ina-Matsushima

History

Kinoshita Station opened on 22 February 1911. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1997.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 414 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 153
Tenryū River

References

^ 信濃毎日新聞社出版部『長野県鉄道全駅増補改訂版』信濃毎日新聞社, 24 July 2011, p185. ISBN 9784784071647
^ 83 JRの駅別乗車人員-1日平均 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2019.