# Nagano Station

Nagano Station (長野駅, Nagano-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden).

## Lines

Nagano Station is served by the following lines.
* JR East
** Hokuriku Shinkansen (branded "Nagano Shinkansen" until March 2015), on which it is 222.4 kilometers from Tokyo Station
** Shinetsu Main Line
** Shinonoi Line
** Iiyama Line
* Shinano Railway Line
* Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line

## Station layout

The JR East portion of the station has two elevated island platforms for the Shinkansen services, and three ground-level island platforms for local services, including onward services by Kita-Shinano Line trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
* Nagano Station Zenkoji Entrance
* Nagano Station East Entrance
* Concourse of JR station
* Entrance of Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden)

### JR East

| 2 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsu for Amori and Shinonoi |
| 2 | ■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line | for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu |
| 2 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa |
| 3 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Amori and Shinonoi |
| 3 | ■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line | for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu |
| 3 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa |
| 4 | ■ Iiyama Line | for Toyono, Iiyama, Togari-Nozawaonsen, Tōkamachi, and Echigo-Kawaguchi |
| 5 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsu for Amori and Shinonoi |
| 5 | ■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line | for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu |
| 5 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa |
| 6 | ■ Ltd. Exp. Shinano | for Shinonoi, Matsumoto and Nagoya |
| 6 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsu for Amori and Shinonoi |
| 6 | ■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line | for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu |
| 6 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa |
| 7 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Toyono, Myōkō-Kōgen, and Naoetsu for Amori and Shinonoi |
| 7 | ■ Shinonoi Line & Chūō Main Line | for Shinonoi, Akashina, Matsumoto, Shiojiri, Kami-Suwa, and Kōfu |
| 7 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Shinonoi, Ueda, Komoro, and Karuizawa |
| 11-14 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Toyama, Kanazawa, Fukui and Tsuruga for Karuizawa, Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo |
The Shinkansen platforms have used the tune "Shinano no Kuni" (the Nagano prefectural song) for the departure melody since January 2015.
* local line Ticket gate, October 2021
* Shinkansen Ticket gate, October 2021
* Transfer Ticket gate, January 2022
* local line Platforms, October 2021
* Shinkansen Platforms, March 2019

### Nagano Electric Railway

The Nagano Electric Railway platforms are located underground below the JR platforms. The Nagano Electric Railway has two island platforms serving three tracks.
| 1 | ■ Nagano Line | for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Local trains) |
| 2 | ■ Nagano Line | for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Limited express trains) |
| 3 | ■ Nagano Line | for Suzaka, Obuse, Shinshū-Nakano, and Yudanaka (Local trains) |
* Ticket gate, October 2021
* Ticket vending machines, October 2021
* Platforms, July 2009

## History

Nagano Station opened on 1 May 1888. When the Japanese National Railways (JNR) were divided and privatized on 1 April 1987, the station became a part of the system of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 1 October 1997, JR East opened the Nagano Shinkansen with its terminus at Nagano.

## Bus terminals
### Highway buses

* For Nerima Station, Nakano-sakaue Station, and Shinjuku Station
* For Nerima Station, Shimo-Ochiai Station, and Ikebukuro Station
* For Keisei Ueno Station, Asakusa, Tokyo Disney Resort, Nishi-Funabashi Station, and Narita International Airport
* For Sakudaira Station, Iwamurada Station, and Usuda
* For Matsumoto Bus Terminal (Matsumoto Station)
* For Hakuba-Goryu, Hakuba Station, Hakuba Happo, Tsugaike Kogen, and Hakuba-Norikura
* For Shinano-Ōmachi Station and Ōgizawa Station
* Misuzu Highway Bus; For Matsumoto, Okaya, Ina, Komagane, and Iida Station
* Seseragi; For Kamikōchi
* For Nigata Station
* For Kurobe, Uozu, Namerikawa, and Toyama Station
* Chuodo Kosoku Bus; For Tokadai, Sakae, and Nagoya Station
* Alpen Nagano; For Kyōto Station, Senri-Chūō Station, Momoyamadai Station, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Umeda Station
* Southern Cross; For Kyoto Station, Ōsaka Station, JR Namba Station (OCAT), Namba Station, and Sannomiya Station

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 21,168 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Incidents

On 22 January 2025, one person was killed and two others were injured in a mass stabbing at the station. A suspect was arrested on 26 January.