Kitatono Station
railway station in Minamiminowa, Kamiina district, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Kitatono Station (北殿駅, Kitatono-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in the village of Minamiminowa, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Lines
Kitatono Station is an unattended station served by the Iida Line and is 183.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Kitatono Station opened on 3 November 1911. From 1943 to 1956, the name of the station was officially pronounced "Kitadono Station". With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. The current station building was completed in 1991.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 287 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
The station is located in central Minamiminowa.
“Kitatono Station” enters the record as railway station in Minamiminowa, Kamiina district, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kitatono, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q990983. Authority coordinates are 35.880, 137.984. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1911, 1943, 1956 and 1987.
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