Hosono Station

Ōito Line29
Hosono Station

細野駅
Ōito Line29; Hosono Station; 細野駅
	Hosono Station, September 2009
General information
Location	Higashi-Kawahara, Matsukawa-mura, Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano-ken 399-8501; Japan
Coordinates	36°23′49.91″N 137°51′56.36″E / 36.3971972°N 137.8656556°E / 36.3971972; 137.8656556
Elevation	576.8 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ōito Line
Distance	22.8 km from Matsumoto
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unattended
Station code	29
Website	Official website
History
Opened	29 September 1915
Passengers
FY2011	56
Services
Location
	Hosono Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Hosono Station Hosono Station (Japan)

Hosono Station (細野駅, Hosono-eki) is a railway station in the village of Matsukawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Lines

Hosono Station is served by the Ōito Line and is 22.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsumoto Station.^[1]

The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.^[1]

The station opened on September 29, 1915 when Shinano Railway extended the operation from Ariake Station to Ikeda-Matsukawa Station (present-day Shinano-Matsukawa Station). Shinano Railway was integrated into the Japanese Government Railways on June 1, 1937.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987 the station came under the control of JR East.

Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 209. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

^ a b c d e Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (2011). Nagano Prefecture All Railway Stations, revised edition (長野県鉄道全駅増補改訂版) (in Japanese). Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9784784071647.