Gondō Station

Gondō Station (権堂駅) is an underground railway station in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Nagano Electric Railway.

Lines
Gondō Station is a station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line and is 1.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagano Station and 32.2 km from the terminus at Yudanaka Station in Yamanouchi, Nagano.

Station layout
The station is an underground station consisting of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station is staffed.

History
The station opened on 28 June 1926. It was reopened as an underground station on 1 March 1981.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1305 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * central Nagano city
 * Akiba Shrine (秋葉神社)
 * Gondo Arcade (権堂アーケード)
 * Head office of Nagano Electric Railway
 * Ito-Yokado Nagano (株式会社イトーヨーカ堂)
 * Nagano Shochiku Aioiza Theatre (長野松竹相生座・長野ロキシー), a cinema which first opened as a kabuki theatre in 1892
 * Gocho Campus of the University of Nagano