Hijiri-Kōgen Station 聖高原駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Hijiri-Kōgen Station, October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Urushida, Omi-mura, Higashichikuma-gun, Nagano-ken 399-7701 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°27′18″N 138°02′52″E / 36.4550°N 138.0478°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 621.4 meters [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Shinonoi Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 45.0 km from Shiojiri | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 November 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Omi Station (to 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
FY2015 | 311 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hijiri-Kōgen Station (聖高原駅, Hijirikōgen-eki) is a train station in the village of Omi, Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hijiri-Kōgen Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 45.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station. [1]
The station consists of one ground-level island platform and one side platform serving a three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. [1]
1 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Shinonoi and Nagano |
2 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Matsumoto and Shiojiri |
3 | ■ Shinonoi Line | (siding) |
Hijiri-Kōgen Station opened on 1 November 1900 as Omi Station (麻績駅). It was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1976. [1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 311 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [2]