Ueda Station (Nagano)

Ueda Station
上田駅

Ueda Station Onsen entrance, July 2007
Location 1 Tenjin, Ueda, Nagano
(長野県上田市天神1丁目)
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened 1888
Traffic
Passengers (JR East, FY2010) 2,550 daily

Ueda Station (上田駅 Ueda-eki) is a railway station in 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.

Lines

Ueda Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

JR East platforms

The JR East station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

1  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
2  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano

Shinano Railway platforms

The Shinano Railway station has one side platform and one 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
2  Shinano Railway Line for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano

Ueda Electric Railway platform

The Ueda Electric Railway station has one side platform serving a single track.

Adjacent stations

«Service»
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.[2] 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.[1] The Ueda Electric Railway station opened on 15 August 1924.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the JR East station was used by an average of 2,550 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 各駅情報(上田駅) [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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Coordinates: 36°23′47″N 138°14′59″E / 36.396501°N 138.249764°E / 36.396501; 138.249764

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