Urasa Station
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Urasa Station 浦佐駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() Urasa Station East Entrance in September 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 719-2 Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms (Shinkansen) 2 island platforms (conventional line) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (conventional line) | |||||||||||||||
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Website | www | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 September 1923 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
FY2015 | 1,444 (daily) | |||||||||||||||
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Urasa Station (浦佐駅, Urasa-eki) is a railway station in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Urasa Station is a station on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line and also the Joetsu Line. It is located 123.9 kilometers from the starting point of the Joetsu Line at Takasaki and 198.6 kilometers from Ōmiya.
Station layout
[edit]The station has a two island platforms serving the local Joetsu Line and two elevated opposed side platforms serving the Joetsu Shinkansen. The station has a Reserved Seat Ticket Vending Machine with the capability to call an operator to purchase tickets (話せる指定席券売機, hanaseru shiteiseki kenbaiki).[1]
Platforms
[edit]1 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
2/3 | ■ Joetsu Line | (not normally used) |
4 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Minakami |
11 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
12 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Tokyo |
History
[edit]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
[edit]In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,444 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- International University of Japan
- National Route 17
- Urasa Ski Resort
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 駅の情報(浦佐駅), Station Information (Urasa Station).
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Urasa Station (in Japanese)