Murai Station 村井駅
Murai Station, March 2007
General information
Location	1-36-14 Muraimachi-Minami Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken 399-0036 Japan
Coordinates	36°10′28″N 137°57′23″E / 36.1745°N 137.9565°E / 36.1745; 137.9565
Elevation	628.85 meters[1]
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company Japan Freight Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Shinonoi Line
Distance	6.8 km from Shiojiri
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1547
History
Opened	15 December 1902
Passengers
FY2015	1776 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shiojiri One-way operation Shinonoi Line Good Morning Liner Matsumoto towards Nagano Hirooka towards Shiojiri Shinonoi Line Rapid Local & Rapid Misuzu Hirata towards Nagano
Location
Murai Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Murai Station Murai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Murai Station (村井駅, Murai-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Murai Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 6.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at Shiojiri and continue on to Matsumoto via this station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[1]

Platforms

History

Murai Station opened on 15 December 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1776 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• National Route 19