Nobeyama Station

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Nobeyama Station (野辺山駅, Nobeyama-eki) is a JR East railway stop on the Koumi Line in the village of Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is the highest JR station in Japan, at about 1,345.7 meters above sea level.

The Koumi Line runs 78.9 kilometers from Kobuchizawa to Kiyosato. Nobeyama Station is 23.4 kilometers from Kobuchizawa. The station has three tracks served by one side platform and one island platform, connected by a level crossing, and it offers a staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

History: Nobeyama Station opened on 29 November 1935. The current station building was completed on 16 March 1983. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control passed to JR East.

Passenger use: In fiscal 2015, an average of about 165 passengers used the station daily (boarding passengers only).