Nagano Station
Lines. Nagano Station is served by the following lines. 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. JR East. The Shinkansen platforms use the tune "Shinano no Kuni" (the Nagano prefectural song) for the departure melody since January 2015. 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. 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. 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).