Shinano-Kawashima Station

Shinano-Kawashima Station 信濃川島駅
Shinano-Kawashima Station, September 2009
General information
Location	1061 Kawashima, Tatsuno-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-0512 Japan
Coordinates	36°00′49″N 137°58′19″E / 36.0135°N 137.9720°E / 36.0135; 137.9720
Elevation	769.9 meters[1]
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Chūō Main Line
Distance	13.8 km from Okaya
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1955
Passengers
FY2011	19
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ono towards Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Tatsuno Branch Tatsuno towards Okaya
Location Shinano-Kawashima Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Shinano-Kawashima Station Shinano-Kawashima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shinano-Kawashima Station (信濃川島駅, Shinano-Kawashima-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tatsuno Town, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Shinano-Kawashima Station is served by the old route of Chūō Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch) and is 13.8 kilometers from the branching point of the line at Okaya Station and 224.2 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo Station.^[1]

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station does not have station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.^[1]

Shinano-Kawashima Station opened on 1 April 1955.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 19 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) and was the least utilized of any station on the Chūō Main Line.^[1]

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• List of railway stations in Japan

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• JR East station information (in Japanese)