Mure Station

Mure Station 牟礼駅
Mure Station in June 2009
General information
Location	4921-1 Toyono, Iizuna-machi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano-ken 387-0013 Japan
Coordinates	36.7532°N 138.2470°E / 36.7532; 138.2470
Elevation	487.1 metres (1,598 ft)[1]
Operated by	Shinano Railway
Line(s)	■ Kita-Shinano Line
Distance	18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) from Nagano
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1888
Passengers
FY2013	767
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Mure Station (牟礼駅, Mure-eki) is a railway station on the Kita-Shinano Line in Iizuna, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.[1]

Lines

Mure Station is served by the 37.3 km Kita-Shinano Line and is 18.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nagano Station.[2]

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.[1]

Platforms

station side	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Myōkō-Kōgen
opposite side	■ Kita-Shinano Line	for Nagano

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kita-Shinano Line
Toyono		Local		Furuma

History

The station opened on 1 May 1888.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.[3] From this date, Mure Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Shinano Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, while still under the control of JR East, the station was used by an average of 767 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

• Iizuna Town Hall
• National Route 18

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Sanuki-Mure Station

References

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. 29. ISBN 9784784071647.
2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 580. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 　北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)