Shimpu Station

Shimpu Station
新府駅

Shimpu Station platforms
Location 4103-1, Nakada-machi Nakajo, Nirasaki, Yamanashi
(山梨県韮崎市中田町中條4103-1)
Japan
Coordinates 35°44′14″N 138°26′00″E / 35.737228°N 138.433347°E / 35.737228; 138.433347Coordinates: 35°44′14″N 138°26′00″E / 35.737228°N 138.433347°E / 35.737228; 138.433347
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Connections
History
Opened 1972
Traffic
Passengers (2008) 57 daily

Shimpu Station (新府駅 Shinpu-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Nakata-Nakajō, Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 151.2 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

History

Shimpu Station opened on June 10, 1945 as a signal stop, and was elevated to a full station on September 10, 1972 as a station on the JNR (Japanese National Railways). With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Layout

Shimpu Station has two opposed side platforms built on an embankment. There is no station building and the station is unattended.

Platforms

down Chūō Main Line for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
up Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Enzan, Ōtsuki and Tachikawa

Adjacent stations

«Service»
JR East
Nirasaki   Chūō Main Line   Anayama

References

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