Nagano Station 長野駅
Nagano Station, Zenkoji-guchi Entrance
General information
Location	Kurita, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 380-0921 Japan
Coordinates	36°38′35″N 138°11′17″E / 36.643114°N 138.188058°E / 36.643114; 138.188058
Elevation	361 m (1,184 ft) [1]
Operated by	JR East Shinano Railway Nagano Electric Railway
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen      Shin'etsu Main Line ■ Kita-Shinano Line ■ Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line
Platforms	7 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	N1 (Nagano Electric Railway)
History
Opened	1 May 1888; 135 years ago (1 May 1888)
Passengers
FY2015	21,168 daily (JR East) 5,251 daily (Nagano Electric Railway)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōmiya towards Tokyo Hokuriku Shinkansen Kagayaki through to JR West Ueda towards Tokyo Hokuriku Shinkansen Hakutaka Iiyama towards Jōetsumyōkō Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama Terminus Shinonoi towards Shiojiri Shinano Amori towards Shinonoi Shin'etsu Main Line Shinonoi – Nagano Akashina One-way operation Shinonoi Line Good Morning Liner Kawanakajima (limited service) towards Shiojiri Shinonoi Line Rapid Amori towards Shiojiri Shinonoi Line Local & Rapid Misuzu Terminus Iiyama Line Kita-Nagano towards Echigo-Kawaguchi Preceding station JR West Following station through to JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen Kagayaki Toyama towards Kanazawa Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station Kawanakajima towards Karuizawa Shinano Railway Line Rapid Terminus Amori towards Karuizawa Shinano Railway Line Local Terminus Kita-Shinano Line Kita-Nagano towards Myoko-Kogen Preceding station Nagano Electric Railway Following station Terminus Nagano Line A limited express Gondō N3 towards Yudanaka Nagano Line B limited express Local Shiyakushomae N2 towards Yudanaka
Location
Nagano Station Location within Japan

Nagano Station (長野駅, Nagano-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden).

Lines

Nagano Station is served by the following lines.

• JR East
  • Hokuriku Shinkansen (branded "Nagano Shinkansen" until March 2015), on which it is 222.4 kilometers from Tokyo Station
  • Shinetsu Main Line
  • Shinonoi Line
  • Iiyama Line
• Shinano Railway Line
• Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line

Station layout

The JR East portion of the station has two elevated island platforms for the Shinkansen services, and three ground-level island platforms for local services, including onward services by Kita-Shinano Line trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

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  Nagano Station Zenkoji Entrance
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  Nagano Station East Entrance
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  Concourse of JR station
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  Entrance of Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden)

JR East

The Shinkansen platforms use the tune "Shinano no Kuni" (the Nagano prefectural song) for the departure melody since January 2015.^[2]

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  local line Ticket gate, October 2021
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  Shinkansen Ticket gate, October 2021
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  Transfer Ticket gate, January 2022
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  local line Platforms, October 2021
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  Shinkansen Platforms, March 2019

Nagano Electric Railway

The Nagano Electric Railway platforms are located underground below the JR platforms. The Nagano Electric Railway has two island platforms serving three tracks.

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  Ticket gate, October 2021
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  Ticket vending machines, October 2021
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  Platforms, July 2009

History

Nagano Station opened on 1 May 1888.^[3] When the Japanese National Railways (JNR) were divided and privatized on 1 April 1987, the station became a part of the system of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 1 October 1997, JR East opened the Nagano Shinkansen with its terminus at Nagano.

Bus terminals

Highway buses

• For Nerima Station, Nakano-sakaue Station, and Shinjuku Station^[4]
• For Nerima Station, Shimo-Ochiai Station, and Ikebukuro Station^[5]
• For Keisei Ueno Station, Asakusa, Tokyo Disney Resort, Nishi-Funabashi Station, and Narita International Airport
• For Sakudaira Station, Iwamurada Station, and Usuda^[4]
• For Matsumoto Bus Terminal (Matsumoto Station)^[4]
• For Hakuba-Goryu, Hakuba Station, Hakuba Happo, Tsugaike Kogen, and Hakuba-Norikura
• For Shinano-Ōmachi Station and Ōgizawa Station^[4]
• Misuzu Highway Bus; For Matsumoto, Okaya, Ina, Komagane, and Iida Station^[4]
• Seseragi; For Kamikōchi^[4]
• For Nigata Station^[6]
• For Kurobe,, Uozu, Namerikawa, and Toyama Station^[6]
• Chuodo Kosoku Bus; For Tokadai, Sakae, and Nagoya Station^[4]
• Alpen Nagano; For Kyōto Station, Senri-Chūō Station, Momoyamadai Station, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Umeda Station^[4]
• Southern Cross; For Kyoto Station, Ōsaka Station, JR Namba Station(OCAT), Namba Station, and Sannomiya Station^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 21,168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[7]