Okaya Station

Okaya Station (岡谷駅, Okaya-eki) is a railway station in Honchō, Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by JR Central and JR East. It is managed by JR East.

CO59 Okaya Station 岡谷駅
Okaya Station in May 2017
General information
Location	1-1-1 Honchō, Okaya-shi, Nagano-ken 394-0028 Japan
Coordinates	36.056741°N 138.044618°E / 36.056741; 138.044618
Elevation	766 meters[1]
Owned by	JR East
Operated by	JR East JR Central
Line(s)	CO Chūō Main Line ■ Iida Line
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	CO59
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 November 1905; 119 years ago (1905-11-25)
Passengers
FY2015	3,167 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shiojiri CO61 towards Hakuba Azusa Shimo-Suwa CO58 towards Chiba or Tokyo Midoriko CO60 towards Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Rapid Misuzu through to JR Central Chūō Main Line Local Shimo-Suwa CO58 towards Tachikawa Kawagishi towards Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Tatsuno Branch Terminus Preceding station JR Central Following station Kawagishi towards Iida Iida Line Rapid Misuzu through to JR East Kawagishi One-way operation Iida Line Rapid Terminus Kawagishi towards Toyohashi Iida Line Local
Location Okaya Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Okaya Station Okaya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Okaya Station is a terminus of the old route of the Chuo Main Line (Okaya-Shiojiri branch), and is 210.4 km from Tokyo Station. A small number of trains on the Iida Line also continue past the nominal terminus of that line at Tatsuno to stop at this station and the previous Kawagishi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform with a cut-out serving two tracks, and one ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

0	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Iida, and Ina
1	■ Chūō Main Line	for Kami-Suwa,Kōfu, and Tokyo
2	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Ina, and Iida
	■ Chūō Main Line	for Shiojiri, Matsumoto and Nagano for Kami-Suwa, Kōfu, and Tokyo
3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Shiojiri, Matsumoto, and Nagano
	■ Iida Line	for Tatsuno, Ida, and Ina

• 
  The platforms viewed from above in May 2017
• 
  A JR Central 313 series EMU on an Iida Line service in May 2017

Bus terminal

Highway buses

• Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku Station^[2]
• Alpen Suwa; For Kyōto Station, Momoyamadai Station, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Umeda Station^[2]

History

The station opened on 25 November 1905. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. Station numbering introduced on the line from February 2025, with the station being assigned number CO59.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,167 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

• Nagano Expressway

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan