Gondō Station

権堂駅
Gondō Station in November 2013
General information
Location2199-10 Tsuruga-Gondō-chō, Nagano-shi, Nagano-ken 381-0000
Japan
Coordinates36°39′11.1″N 138°11′30.7″E / 36.653083°N 138.191861°E / 36.653083; 138.191861
Operated by Nagano Electric Railway
Line(s) Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line
Distance1.0 km from Nagano
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeN3
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened28 June 1926
Rebuilt1981
Passengers
FY20161305 daily
Location
Gondō Station is located in Japan
Gondō Station
Gondō Station
Location within Japan

Gondō Station (権堂駅, Gondō-eki) is an underground railway station in the city of Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Nagano Electric Railway.

Lines

Gondō Station is a station on the Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line and is 1.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagano Station and 32.2 km from the terminus at Yudanaka Station in Yamanouchi, Nagano.

Station layout

The station is an underground station consisting of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1  Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line for Suzaka, Shinshū-Nakano and Yudanaka
2  Nagano Electric Railway Nagano Line for Nagano

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Nagano Electric Railway
Nagano   Express-A   Suzaka
Shiyakushomae   Express-B   Hongō
Shiyakushomae   Local   Zenkōjishita

History

The station opened on 28 June 1926. It was reopened as an underground station on 1 March 1981.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1305 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

East Entrance of Gondo Arcade at Gondo Station
  • central Nagano city
  • Akiba Shrine (秋葉神社, Akiba Jinja)
  • Gondo Arcade (権堂アーケード, Gondou a-ke-do)
  • Head office of Nagano Electric Railway
  • Ito-Yokado Nagano (株式会社イトーヨーカ堂, Kabushiki-gaisha Itō Yōkadō)
  • Nagano Shochiku Aioiza Theatre (長野松竹相生座・長野ロキシー, Nagano Shouchiku Aioiza Naganoshi), a cinema which first opened as a kabuki theatre in 1892[2]
  • Gocho Campus of the University of Nagano

See also

References

  1. 84 地方鉄道(JRを除く)駅別乗降旅客人員 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017.
  2. "映画館の歴史". 長野松竹相生座・長野ロキシー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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