Komoro Station

Komoro Station (小諸駅) is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in Komoro, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway and JR East. It is managed by the Shinano Railway.

Lines
Komoro Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 22.0 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station. It is also a station on the Koumi Line, and is 78.9 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Kobuchizawa Station. From 1926 to 1936, the station was also used by the now defunct Nunobiki Electric Railway(ja).

Station layout
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. May 2018, the three elevators were installed and the barrier-free environment was completed. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
The station opened on 1 December 1888.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 1,650 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Shinano Railway portion of the station was used by 3,167 passengers in Fiscal 2015.

Surrounding area

 * Komoro ekimae Koban
 * Komoro City Hall
 * Komoro City Library
 * Asama Nanroku Komoro Medical Center
 * Komoro Aioi Post Office
 * Komoro Castle Site (Kaikoen)
 * Komoro Grand Castle Hotel
 * Nakadana-Sô (Ryokan)
 * Nishiura-Dam (TEPCO)

Bus routes

 * JR Bus Expressway and route bus
 * For Shinjuku Station
 * For Takamine Mountain Resort
 * Seibu Kanko Bus
 * For Ikebukuro Station
 * Chikuma Bus
 * For Tachikawa Station
 * For Universal Studios Japan