History
Komagane Station is on JR Central's Iida Line in Higashi-machi, Komagane, Nagano. The Ina Densha Kidō (renamed Ina Electric Railway in 1919) opened the station on 31 October 1914 as Akaho Station — its then-terminus — when the line was extended from Miyada. A further extension to Ina-Fukuoka on 26 December 1914 made Akaho an intermediate stop. After the Ina Electric Railway was nationalised as part of the Iida Line on 1 August 1943, the station was renamed Komagane on 1 October 1959. The current station building dates to 4 July 1980; freight handling ended in November 1982. JR Central took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987, and the station was demoted to simplified-commission status under Komagane city on 1 April 2013.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Komagane is the access station for the Komagatake Ropeway, an aerial tramway to the Central Alps — so the waiting room keeps a dedicated drop-box for mountain-climbing forms.