Murai Station

Location
	Murai Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Murai Station Murai Station (Japan)

Murai Station

村井駅
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
Elevation	628.85 meters
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
Location
Location
	Murai Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Murai Station Murai Station (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

1	■ Shinonoi Line	for Shiojiri and Kami-Suwa
2	■ Shinonoi Line	for Matsumoto, Shinonoi and Nagano

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. p. 77. ISBN 9784784071647.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[Shinano-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. p. 77. ISBN 9784784071647.

[jreast2015stats-2] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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