Okaya Station

Railway station in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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°03′24″N 138°02′41″E﻿ / ﻿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

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|

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

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Okaya Station

Okaya Station (Japan)

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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.

## Lines

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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

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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

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0 | ■ Iida Line | for Tatsuno, Iida, and Ina

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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

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### Highway buses

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

## History

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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

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

## Surrounding area

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* Nagano Expressway

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ [1] JR East
2. ^ a b "Alpico Express Bus, Route Bus, Index". www.alpico.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
3. ^ "ＪＲ東日本長野支社管内へ「駅ナンバリング」を拡大します" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
4. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Okaya Station.

* JR East station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Chūō Main Line (JR East)

* Tokyo
* Shinjuku
* Tachikawa
* Hino
* Toyoda
* Hachiōji
* Nishi-Hachiōji
* Takao
* Sagamiko
* Fujino
* Uenohara
* Shiotsu
* Yanagawa
* Torisawa
* Saruhashi
* Ōtsuki
* Hatsukari
* Sasago
* Kai-Yamato
* Katsunuma-budōkyō
* Enzan
* Higashi-Yamanashi
* Yamanashishi
* Kasugaichō
* Isawa-onsen
* Sakaori
* Kōfu
* Ryūō
* Shiozaki
* Nirasaki
* Shimpu
* Anayama
* Hinoharu
* Nagasaka
* Kobuchizawa
* Shinano-Sakai
* Fujimi
* Suzurannosato
* Aoyagi
* Chino
* Kami-Suwa
* Shimo-Suwa
* Okaya
* Midoriko
* Shiojiri

Old Line
Okaya
Kawagishi
Tatsuno
Shinano-Kawashima
Ono
Shiojiri

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Stations of the Iida Line

* Toyohashi
* Funamachi
* Shimoji
* Kozakai
* Ushikubo
* Toyokawa
* Mikawa-Ichinomiya
* Nagayama
* Ejima
* Tōjō
* Nodajō
* Shinshiro
* Higashi-Shimmachi
* Chausuyama
* Mikawa-Tōgō
* Ōmi
* Torii
* Nagashinojō
* Hon-Nagashino
* Mikawa-Ōno
* Yuya-Onsen
* Mikawa-Makihara
* Kakidaira
* Mikawa-Kawai
* Ikeba
* Tōei
* Izumma
* Kamiichiba
* Urakawa
* Hayase
* Shimokawai
* Chūbu-Tenryū
* Sakuma
* Aizuki
* Shironishi
* Mukaichiba
* Misakubo
* Ōzore
* Kowada
* Nakaisamurai
* Ina-Kozawa
* Ugusu
* Hiraoka
* Shiteguri
* Nukuta
* Tamoto
* Kadoshima
* Karakasa
* Kinno
* Chiyo
* Tenryūkyō
* Kawaji
* Tokimata
* Dashina
* Kega
* Ina-Yawata
* Shimoyamamura
* Kanae
* Kiriishi
* Iida
* Sakuramachi
* Ina-Kamisato
* Motozenkōji
* Shimo-Ichida
* Ichida
* Shimodaira
* Yamabuki
* Ina-Ōshima
* Kamikatagiri
* Ina-Tajima
* Takatōbara
* Nanakubo
* Ina-Hongō
* Iijima
* Tagiri
* Ina-Fukuoka
* Komachiya
* Komagane
* Ōtagiri
* Miyada
* Akagi
* Sawando
* Shimojima
* Inashi
* Inakita
* Tabata
* Kitatono
* Kinoshita
* Ina-Matsushima
* Sawa
* Haba
* Ina-Shimmachi
* Miyaki
* Tatsuno
* Kawagishi
* Okaya

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