Saku-Uminokuchi Station

Saku-Uminokuchi Station (佐久海ノ口駅, Saku-Uminokuchi-eki) is a train station in Uminokuchi in the village of Minamimaki, Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Saku-Uminokuchi Station 佐久海ノ口駅
Saku-Uminokuchi Station, March 2013
General information
Location	975 Uminokuchi, Minamimaki-mura, Minamisaku-gun, Nagano-ken 384-1302 Japan
Coordinates	36.0212°N 138.4908°E / 36.0212; 138.4908
Elevation	1064 meters
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Koumi Line
Distance	39.7 km from Kobuchizawa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 December 1932
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Umijiri towards Komoro Koumi Line Saku-Hirose towards Kobuchizawa
Location Saku-Uminokuchi Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Saku-Uminokuchi Station Saku-Uminokuchi Station (Japan)

Station building, April 2013

Lines

Saku-Uminokuchi Station is served by the Koumi Line and is 39.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobuchizawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the wooden station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

station side	■ Koumi Line	for Kiyosato and Kobuchizawa
opp side	■ Koumi Line	for Koumi and Komoro

History

Saku-Uminokuchi Station opened on 27 December 1932. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The current station building was completed in 2012.

Surrounding area

• Uminokuchi Post Office
• Chikuma River
• National Route 14

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan
• Uminokuchi Station - a railway station on the Ōito Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), in Taira in the city of Ōmachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)