Ueda Station (Nagano)
Ueda Station (上田駅, Ueda-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the third-sector operator Shinano Railway, and the private railway operator Ueda Electric Railway.
Ueda Station 上田駅 | |
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 Ueda Station Onsen entrance in 2012 | |
| Location | 1-1887 Tenjin, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-0025 Japan |
| Coordinates | 36.396501°N 138.249764°E |
| Elevation | 446 meters [1] |
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| Platforms | 4 side + 1 island platforms |
| Connections | Bus stop |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) |
| Station code | BE01 |
| History | |
| Opened | 15 August 1888 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2015) | 2,860 daily (JR East) |
| Location | |
  Ueda Station Location within Nagano Prefecture  Ueda Station Ueda Station (Japan) | |
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Lines
Ueda Station is served by the following lines.
- Hokuriku Shinkansen (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen), of which it is 189.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
- Shinano Railway Line, on which it is 40.6 kilometers from Karuizawa Station
- Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line, of which it is the terminus
Station layout
JR East platforms
The JR East station has two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]
| 1 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo |
| 2 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano |
Shinano Railway platforms
The Shinano Railway station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform serving a total of three tracks.
| 1 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Komoro and Karuizawa |
| 2 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano |
| 3 | ■ Shinano Railway Line | for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano |
Ueda Electric Railway platform
The Ueda Electric Railway station has one ground-level dead-headed side platform serving a single bi-directional track.
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||
| Kagayaki: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Sakudaira or Karuizawa or Takasaki |
Hakutaka | Nagano | ||
| Sakudaira | Asama | Nagano | ||
| Shinano Railway Line | ||||
| Shinano-Kokubunji | Nishi-Ueda | |||
| Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line | ||||
| Terminus | Shiroshita | |||
History
The station first opened on 15 August 1888.[3] Local JR East trains services were transferred to the control of the Shinano Railway from 1 October 1997 with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.[2] The Ueda Electric Railway station opened on 15 August 1924.[3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
See also
References
- JR East
- 各駅情報（上田駅） [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 187–188. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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