Nirasaki Station

Nirasaki Station 韮崎駅
Nirasaki Station
Location	1-1, Wakamiya 1-chome, Nirasaki, Yamanashi （山梨県韮崎市若宮一丁目1-1） Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1903
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,608 daily

Nirasaki Station (韮崎駅, Nirasaki-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company in Wakamiya 1-chōme, in the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 147.0 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

Nirasaki Station has a single island platform connected to the two-story station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1	■Chūō Main Line	for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
2	■Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Hachiōji and Shinjuku

History

Nirasaki Station was opened on December 15, 1903 on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line when the line was extended from Kōfu. The track was further extended from this station to Fujimi on December 21, 1904. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
JR East
Shiozaki		Chūō Main Line		Shimpu

References

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)

External links

• JR East Nirasaki Station