Takatō Bus Terminal

Takatō Bus Terminal 高遠駅
Entrance of Takato Bus Terminal
General information
Location	1735-2 Nishi-Takatō, Takatō, Ina, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture (長野県伊那市高遠町西高遠1735-2)[1] Japan
Coordinates	35.837450°N 138.054864°E / 35.837450; 138.054864 (accident site),
Other information
Website	official website
History
Opened	January 1948
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Takatō Bus Terminal (高遠駅, Takatō-eki) is a bus terminal at Ina, Nagano, Japan. The bus terminal is used by the JR Bus and Ina Bus. The terminal is located near Takatō Castle.[2]

Two bus routes are operated by JR Bus Kanto; Bound to Chino Station, Inashi Station and Inakita Station. Besides, Ina, Nagano's operation of 5 bus routes around Takato B.T. are entrusted to JR Bus Kanto.

Facilities

A store sells tickets and commuter coupons and operates an information desk.[3] The store sells connecting tickets for the highway bus[4] and various commuting tickets, along with books of coupon tickets.

Routes

The IC card is not accepted on all bus routes. Passengers who have Japan Rail Pass are able to ride on the following bus routes without an additional fee.

Routes

Name	Via	Terminal	Company	Note
Takato Line	Inashi Station, Inakita Station	Kimi-Ina Agricultural High School	JR Bus Kantō	Weekdays
		Ina Central Hospital		Holidays
		JR shako mae
	Jōshi Park	Takatō Kōkō mae
Fujisawa-Chino Line	Ina-Fujisawa	Furuyashiki
	Furuyashiki,The start of the Moriya trail, Tsuetsuki Pass	Chino Station		Festival days in April. Does not stop at bus stops at which other bus routes connect Furuyashiki with Takato Bus Terminal.[5]
Minami Alps Geo Liner	The start of the Moriya trail, Tsuetsuki Pass	Chino Station		Festival days from July through November. Does not stop at bus stops at which other bus routes connect Furuyashiki with Takato Bus Terminal.
	Non stop	Senryuso[6]
Panorama Liner	Non stop	Kiso-Fukushima Station		Festival days between July and November. The route passes stops that connect Inakita Station with Senryuso.
	Non stop	Senryuso[6][7]

Community Buses

IC card is not accepted on buses.

Routes

Name	Via	Terminus	Company	Note
Hase Junkan Line[8]	Senryuso,[6] Todai-guchi[6]	Iwairi	Ina City Community Bus (Ina entrusts this community bus to JR Bus Kanto)
Miyoshi Hase Junkan Line (circular-route)	Ina-Arai	Sekiya-bashi		Runs on weekdays only

References

1. Places
2. "Appendix", Crowning the Nice Girl, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 267–270, 2017-12-31, doi:10.1515/9780824862060-013, ISBN 9780824862060, retrieved 2022-05-06
3. Service
4. Shinjuku-Takato connecting ticket
5. "茅野・高遠・伊那エリア運行情報 | ジェイアールバス関東". www.jrbuskanto.co.jp. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
6. At the bus stop, passengers are able to transfer onto Minami Alps Rindo Bus bound for Kitazawa Pass. And, Mountaineers are able to go to Mount Senjo and Mount Kaikoma from Kitazawa Pass.
7. About Panorama
8. detail

Park which is held the Cherry Blossom Festival in April around Takato Castle

External links

• Official website