Chino Station

Chino Station is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in the city of Chino, Nagano, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

WWW Official Site

Lines

Chino Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 195.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground level side platform and one ground level island platform, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. A JNR Class C12 steam locomotive is preserved in the plaza outside the station's east entrance.

Bus terminal

Highway buses

Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku StationAlpen Suwa; For Kyoto Station, Momoyamadai Station, Shin-Ōsaka Station, and Umeda Station

Route buses

JR BUS
*For Takatō Bus Terminal, Senryuso
Alpico Kotsu
*For Mugikusa Pass
*For Lake Shirakaba
*For Shimo-Suwa Station

History

Chino Station opened on 25 November 1905. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. Station numbering introduced on the line from February 2025, with the station being assigned number CO56.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,715 passengers daily.

Surrounding area