Karuizawa Station
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Karuizawa Station
軽井沢駅 |
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North side of Karuizawa Station
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| Location | Karuizawa, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano-ken 389-0102 Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°20′33.18″N 138°38′6.22″E / 36.3425500°N 138.6350611°E |
| Elevation | 941 meters |
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| Platforms | 3 island platforms |
| Connections | Bus stop |
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| Opened | 1 December 1888 |
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| Passengers (FY2015) | 2889 daily (JR East) |
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 Karuizawa Station
Location within Japan
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Karuizawa Station (軽井沢駅 Karuizawa-eki?) is a railway station in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, operated jointly by the JR Group company East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Shinano Railway.
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.
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.
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.
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