Ina-Kamisato Station

Ina-Kamisato Station (伊那上郷駅, Ina-Kamisato-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).^[1]

Ina-Kamisato Station 伊那上郷駅
Ina-Kamisato Station June 2008
General information
Location	276 Kamisato-Kuroda, Iida-shi, Nagano-ken 395-0004 Japan
Coordinates	35.5195°N 137.8392°E / 35.5195; 137.8392
Elevation	500.0 meters[1]
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
Distance	131.1 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	16 December 1935
Previous names	Kamisato Station (until 1936)
Passengers
FY2015	698 (daily)
Location Ina-Kamisato Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Ina-Kamisato Station Ina-Kamisato Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ina-Kamisato Station is served by the Iida Line and is 131.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level side platform serving one bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a platform built on top of the platform. The station is unattended.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Iida Line
Rapid Misuzu: Does not stop at this station
Sakuramachi		Local		Motozenkōji

History

The station opened in October 1923 as the Kamisato Stop (上郷停留場, Kamisato Teiryujo) on the Ina Electric Railway. It became Kamisato Station (上郷駅) on 16 January 1935, and was renamed Ina-Kamisato in January 1936. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 698 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Kuroda Puppet Theatre
• Iida High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅 増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. ISBN 9784784071647.
2. 市勢の概要2016（平成28年版）I.運輸・通信 [City Statistics (Fiscal 2016) section I Transport - Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Iida City. 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2019-03-10.

External links

Media related to Ina-Kamisato Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ina-Kamisato Station information (in Japanese)