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Nobeyama Station (野辺山駅, Nobeyama-eki) is a railway station on the Koumi Line in the village of Minamimaki in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is the highest JR station in Japan.




Lines


Nobeyama Station is served by the 78.9 km (49.0 mi) Koumi Line and is 23.4 km (14.5 mi) from the starting point of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.




Station layout


The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks, connected by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. A sign on the platform proclaims it to be the highest JR station in Japan, located at 1,345.67 m (4,414.9 ft) above sea level.




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History


Nobeyama Station opened on 29 November 1935. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in March 1983.




Passenger statistics


In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).




Surrounding area


Nobeyama radio observatory
National Route 141
Nobeyama SL Land




See also


List of railway stations in Japan
Murodō Station (the highest altitude station in Japan)
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station (deepest underground station in Japan)
Yatomi Station (overground station with the lowest altitude in Japan)




References






External links



Official website (in Japanese)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stasiun Nobeyama
• Stasiun Koumi
• Stasiun Kobuchizawa
• Stasiun Shinano-Kawakami
• Stasiun Kiyosato
• Nobeyama Station
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
• Minamimaki, Nagano
• Koumi Line
• List of railway stations in Japan: N
• List of records of Japan
• Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group
• List of solar telescopes
• Yadegawa ruins
• Kobuchizawa Station