title: Minami-Matsumoto Station
text: # Minami-Matsumoto Station
  
  Minami-Matsumoto Station (南松本駅, Minami-Matsumoto-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East)., with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Minami-Matsumoto Station is served by the Shinonoi Line and is 10.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shiojiri Station.Many trains of the Chūō Main Line continue past the nominal intermediate terminus of the line at Shiojiri and continue on to Matsumoto via this station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of one ground-level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Matsumoto and Nagano |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Shinonoi Line | for Shiojiri and Kami-Suwa |
  
  ## History
  
  Minami-Matumoto Station opened on 1 September 1944. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1584 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Minami-Matsumoto Post Office
  