Urizura Station

Urizura Station (瓜連駅, Urizura-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Urizura Station

瓜連駅
Urizura Station in December 2007
LocationUrizura, Naka, Ibaraki
(茨城県那珂市瓜連)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Suigun Line
History
Opened1918
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 294 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hitachi-Kōnosu
toward Mito
Suigun Line Shizu
toward Kōriyama

Lines

Urizura Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 16.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

Urizura Station has a single island platform. The station building is elevated and located on a cantilever pedestrian overpass connecting the platform with the road. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Suigun Line for Hitachi-Ōta and Kōriyama
2  Suigun Line for Mito

History

Urizura Station opened on June 12, 1918 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area


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