SHINONOI LINE

The is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company, it runs from Shinonoi Station in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture to Shiojiri Station in Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture.
The line is a corridor between the Shinetsu Main Line and the Chūō Main Line. All the limited express trains on the Shinonoi Line come from the Chūō Main Line: ''Azusa'' and ''Super Azusa'' from Tokyo and ''Shinano'' from Nagoya.

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Route data

Stations

Previously existing transfers

Route data

★ Company: East Japan Railway Company

★ Total distance (km): 66.7km (Shinonoi-Shiojiri)

★ Gauge: 1067mm

★ Stations: 15

★ Tracks: Multiple tracks in Akashina-Tazawa and Matsumoto-Shiojiri areas

★ Electrification: Electrified with 1500V DC

Stations

:●: All trains stop, ▲: Some trains stop, ｜: Passing through

Line name	Station	Distance	Rapid trains	Rapid train ''Misuzu''	Transfers	Location
Shinonoi Line	Shiojiri	0.0		●	East Japan Railway Company: Chūō Main Line (for Okaya and Tatsuno) Central Japan Railway Company: Chūō Main Line (for Nakatsugawa)	Shiojiri	Nagano Prefecture
	Hirooka	3.8		▲
	Murai	6.8		●		Matsumoto
	Hirata	8.8		▲
	Minami-Matsumoto	10.9		▲
	Matsumoto	13.3	●	●	East Japan Railway Company: Ōito Line Matsumoto Railway: Kamikōchi Line
	(Hirase Signal Box)	(17.5)	｜	｜
	Tazawa	21.6	●	●		Azumino
	Akashina	28.2	●	●
	Nishijō	37.2	●	●		Chikuhoku, Higashi­chikuma District
	Sakakita	40.9	●	●
	Hijirikōgen	45.0	●	●		Omi, Higashi­chikuma District
	Kamuriki	48.3	▲	▲		Chikuhoku, Higashi­chikuma District
	(Haneo Signal Box)	(52.0)	｜	｜		Chikuma
	Obasute	54.2	▲	▲
	(Kuwanohara Signal Box)	(58.4)	｜	｜
	Inariyama	62.9	▲	▲		Nagano
	Shinonoi	66.7	●	●	Shinano Railway: Shinano Railway Line
Shin'etsu Main Line
	Imai	68.8	｜	▲
	Kawanakajima	71.0	▲	●
	Amori	73.1	｜	▲
	Nagano	76.0	●	●	East Japan Railway Company: Nagano Shinkansen, Shin'etsu Main Line (for Naoetsu) Nagano Railway: Nagano Line

Previously existing transfers

★ Matsumoto Station: Matsumoto Railway Asama Line (Matsumoto Ekimae) - abolished on April 1, 1964