Kamikatagiri Station

Kamikatagiri Station 上片桐駅
Kamikatagiri Station in September 2009
General information
Location	Kamikatagiri, Matsukawa-cho, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-3301 Japan
Coordinates	35°37′04″N 137°54′15″E / 35.6178°N 137.9041°E / 35.6178; 137.9041
Elevation	607 meters[citation needed]
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Iida Line
Distance	146.9 km from Toyohashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	22 November 1920
Passengers
FY2016	384 (daily)
Location Kamikatagiri Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Kamikatagiri Station Kamikatagiri Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kamikatagiri Station (上片桐駅, Kamikatagiri-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the town of Matsukawa, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Kamikatagiri Station is served by the Iida Line and is 146.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Kamikatagiri Station opened on 22 November 1920. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. A new station building was completed in February 2009.

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 384 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Matsukawa High School

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• Kamikatagiri Station information (in Japanese)