Kami-Nagatoro Station

Kami-Nagatoro Station

上長瀞駅
Kami-Nagatoro Station; 上長瀞駅
	Kami-Nagatoro Station in November 2013
Location	1524-1 Nagatoro, Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, Saitama-ken 369-1305; Japan
Coordinates	36°05′10″N 139°06′48″E / 36.08611°N 139.11333°ECoordinates: 36°05′10″N 139°06′48″E / 36.08611°N 139.11333°E
Operated by	Chichibu Railway
Line(s)	■ Chichibu Main Line
Distance	47.6 km from Hanyū
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 December 1915
Previous names	Kunikami (until 1928)
Passengers
FY2018	263 daily
Location
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Kami-Nagatoro Station (上長瀞駅, Kami-Nagatoro-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Minano, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway.

Lines[]

Kami-Nagatoro Station is served by the 71.7 km Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi, and is located 47.6 km from Hanyū.^[1]

Station layout[]

The station is staffed and consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks in total. Track 3 is a bidirectional line normally used by freight services only.^[2]

Platforms[]

1	■ Chichibu Main Line	for Chichibu Mitsumineguchi, Hannō, and Ikebukuro (through services via Seibu Chichibu Line)
2	■ Chichibu Main Line	for Yorii, Kumagaya, and Hanyū

The platforms looking west in November 2013

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service	»
Chichibu Main Line
Paleo Express: Does not stop at this station
Chichibuji: Does not stop at this station
Nagatoro	Local	Oyahana

History[]

A limestone freight train crossing the Oyahana Viaduct over the Arakawa River near Kami-Nagatoro Station in April 2011

The station opened on 29 December 1915, initially as Kunikami Station (国神駅).^[1] The station was renamed Kami-Nagatoro from 15 May 1928.^[1]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 263 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area[]

Arakawa River
National Route 140
Saitama Prefectural Natural History Museum

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2011). 日本の鉄道中部ライン全線・全駅・全配線第１０巻上越・秩父エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 10 Joetsu & Chichibu Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 30/86. ISBN 978-4-06-270070-2.
^ 8-1 鉄道による駅別旅客及び貨物輸送状況 (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links[]

Media related to Kami-Nagatoro Station at Wikimedia Commons

Kami-Nagatoro Station timetable (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[kawashima2011_Vol.10-2] Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2011). 日本の鉄道中部ライン全線・全駅・全配線第１０巻上越・秩父エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 10 Joetsu & Chichibu Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 30/86. ISBN 978-4-06-270070-2.

[Saitama2019stats-3] 8-1 鉄道による駅別旅客及び貨物輸送状況 (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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