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Karuizawa Station (軽井沢駅, Karuizawa-eki) is a railway station in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, operated jointly by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Shinano Railway.




Lines


Karuizawa Station is served by the JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed line from Tokyo to Kanazawa via Nagano. On the Shinkansen line, it is located 146.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station. It is also a terminal station for the 65.1 kilometer Shinano Railway Line which operates between Karuizawa and Nagano.




Station layout


The JR portion of the station has two elevated island platforms, serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Shinano Railway portion of the station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the JR East portion of the station by a footbridge.




= JR East platforms

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= Shinano Railway platforms

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History



The station began service on December 1, 1888, as the terminal of the Japanese Government Railways between Naoetsu (near the Sea of Japan coast) and Karuizawa. The line was extended from Karuizawa to Yokokawa through the Usui Pass on April 1, 1893, completing the trunk line between Takasaki (connecting to a Nippon Railway line to Ueno Station in Tokyo) and Naoetsu, which was later named the Shinetsu Main Line. At Karuizawa, all trains were coupled with or separated from helper locomotives that were required for all trains to go through the Usui Pass section.
When the Japanese National Railways (JNR) were divided and privatized on April 1, 1987, Shinetsu Main Line became a part of the system of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On October 1, 1997, JR East opened the Nagano Shinkansen with a stop at Karuizawa. At the same time, JR East ceased to operate the conventional Shinetsu Main Line between Yokokawa and Shinonoi, of which, the section between Yokokawa and Karuizawa (Usui Pass) was closed permanently and the remaining section was transferred to Shinano Railway. Since then, Karuizawa Station has been shared by JR East and Shinano Railway.




Passenger statistics


In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,889 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).




Surrounding area


Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza
Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort




= Hotels

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Karuizawa Prince Hotel
Mampei Hotel
Mikasa Hotel




Bus routes


Track 1
Seibu Kanko Bus
For Manza-Kazawaguchi Station
For Manza Onsen and Shirane Kazan
Track 2
Kusakaru Kotsu
For Kita-Karuizawa
For Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station
For Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal
Track 3
Seibu Bus and Chikuma Bus
For Kawagoe Matoba, Nerima Station and Ikebukuro Station
For Tamagawa-Josui Station and Tachikawa Station
Tokyu Bus
For Shibuya Station and Futako-tamagawa Station
Kintetsu Bus
For Namba Station
Track 4
Community bus
Around Karuizawa Town
Track 5
JR BUS KANTO Usui Line
For Yokokawa Station
This bus route passes through Megane Bridge during autumn.
North Exit
Shoei Kotsu
For Nagano Station and Suzaka Station
For Shinjuku Station and Tokyo Station




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See also


List of railway stations in Japan




References






External links


Media related to Karuizawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Karuizawa Station (in Japanese)
Shinano Railway Karuizawa Station (in Japanese)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stasiun Karuizawa
• Stasiun Naka-Karuizawa
• Stasiun Shinano-Oiwake
• Stasiun Shinano-Kokubunji
• Stasiun Hirahara
• Stasiun Togura
• Stasiun Sakaki
• Stasiun Yashiro Kōkō-mae
• Stasiun Ōya (Nagano)
• Stasiun Chikuma
• Karuizawa Station
• Karuizawa, Nagano
• Shinano Railway Line
• Kita-Karuizawa Station
• Naka-Karuizawa Station
• Usui Pass
• Kamameshi
• Kyōto Station
• Asama (train)
• Yokokawa Station