Matsumoto Station
Matsumoto Station (松本駅, Matsumoto-eki) is a train station in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operator Alpico Kōtsū.Matsumoto is also a terminus for the 14.4 kilometer private Kamikōchi Line operated by Alpico Kōtsū.The Alpico Kōtsū portion of the station has a single island platform, connected to the JR portion of the station by a footbridge.The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.