Urasa Station

Urasa Station
浦佐駅

Urasa Station East Exit
Location 719-2 Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side + 2 island platforms
History
Opened 1923
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 1444
Location
Urasa Station
Location within Japan

Urasa Station (浦佐駅 Urasa-eki) is a railway station located in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Urasa Station is a station on the Jōetsu Shinkansen and the Jōetsu Line. It is located 123.9 kilometers from the starting point of the Jōetsu Line at Takasaki and 198.6 kilometers from Ōmiya.

Station layout

The station has a two island platforms serving the local Jōetsu Line and two elevated opposed side platforms serving the Jōetsu Shinkansen. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Jōetsu Line for Nagaoka, Niigata
2/3 ■ Jōetsu Line (siding)
4 ■ Jōetsu Line for Echigo-Yuzawa, Minakami
11 ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen for Nagaoka, Niigata
12 ■ Jōetsu Line for Echigo-Yuzawa, Tokyo

Adjacent stations

←Service→
Echigo-Yuzawa   Jōetsu Shinkansen   Nagaoka
Itsukamachi   Jōetsu Line   Yairo

History

Urasa Station opened on 1 September 1923. Shinkansen operations commenced from 15 November 1982. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1444 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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Coordinates: 37°10′02″N 138°55′21″E / 37.167152°N 138.922619°E / 37.167152; 138.922619

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