Nobeyama Station

Sign at Nobeyama Station proclaiming its altitude

Nobeyama Station

The platforms

Nobeyama Station (野辺山駅, Nobeyama-eki) is a train station on the Koumi Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nobeyama in the village of Minamimaki, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is most famous for being located at 1345.67 m above sea level, the highest for all Japan Railways stations.

Structure

→:for Komuro
←:for Kobuchizawa

The station has one single platform and one island platform. It also has a siding.

Platforms

1	■Koumi Line	for Sakudaira and Komoro
2	■Koumi Line	for Kobuchizawa
3	■Koumi Line	sidetrack

There is a flush toilet outside the turnstiles, but because it can freeze up during winter, a pit toilet is also provided behind the main one.

History

• November 29, 1935 - Opened by Japanese Government Railways
• March 16, 1983 - New station building completed

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
JR East
Kiyosato		Koumi Line		Shinano-Kawakami

See also

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

External links

• Nobeyama Station (JR East)