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白馬駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hakuba Station in August 2010
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| Location | Kamishiro-Yotsuya, Hakuba-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-9301 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°39′30″N 137°50′48″E / 36.6584°N 137.8468°E / 36.6584; 137.8468 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 697 meters[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ōito Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 59.7 km from Matsumoto | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 November 1932; 91 years ago (1932-11-20) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Shinano-Yotsuya Station (until 1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 321 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hakuba Station (白馬駅, Hakuba-eki) is a railway station on the Ōito Line in the village of Hakuba, Kitaazumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]
Hakuba Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 59.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Matsumoto Station.[2]
Hakuba Station consists of a one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
| 1-3 | ■ Ōito Line | for Shinano-Ōmachi, Toyoshina, and Matsumoto for Minami-Otari |
The station opened on 20 November 1932 as Shinano-Yotsuya Station (信濃四ツ谷駅). It was renamed Hakuba on 1 October 1968.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987 the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 321 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
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