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Ueda Station (Nagano)

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BE01
Ueda Station

上田駅
Ueda Station Onsen entrance in 2012
General information
Location1-1887 Tenjin, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386–0025
Japan
Coordinates36°23′47″N 138°14′59″E / 36.396501°N 138.249764°E / 36.396501; 138.249764
Elevation446 m (1,463 ft)[1]
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms4 side + 1 island platforms
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station codeBE01
History
Opened15 August 1888; 136 years ago (15 August 1888)
Passengers
FY20152,860 daily (JR East)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Nagano Hokuriku Shinkansen
Sakudaira
towards Tokyo
Nagano
Terminus
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Preceding station Shinano Railway Following station
Nishi-Ueda
towards Nagano
Shinano Railway Line Shinano-Kokubunji
towards Karuizawa
Preceding station Ueda Electric Railway Following station
Shiroshita
BE02
towards Bessho-Onsen
Bessho Line Terminus
Location
Ueda Station is located in Nagano Prefecture
Ueda Station
Ueda Station
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Ueda Station is located in Japan
Ueda Station
Ueda Station
Ueda Station (Japan)

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.

Lines

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Ueda Station is served by the following lines.

Station layout

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JR East platforms

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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

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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

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The Ueda Electric Railway station has one ground-level dead-headed side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

History

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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]

Station numbering was introduced to the Ueda Electric Railway platforms in August 2016 with Ueda being assigned station number BE01.[4][5]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]

Bus routes

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Oshiro guchi (お城口)

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Track 1

Track 2

  • Ueda Bus
    • Sanada Line
    • Shibusawa Line
    • Soehi Line
    • Hoden Line
    • Shinshu Ueda Iryo Center Line
    • Shioda Line
    • Ario Ueda Line
    • Kubobayashi Line

Track 3

  • Ueda Bus
    • Sugadaira Kogen Line
    • "Shinshu no Kamakura Koto meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
    • "Sanada Ichizoku no Sato meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
    • "Furinkazan to Kawanakajimakassen Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
    • Limited express Bus Yubatake Ueda・Kusatsu Onsen Line[10] for Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal ※Runs on partly days.
  • JR Bus

Track 4 *Circular-route Bus in Ueda

  • "Aka Bus"
  • "Ao Bus"
  • Ueda Machinaka Junkai Bus

Onsen guchi

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Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ JR East
  2. ^ a b 各駅情報(上田駅) [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "上田電鉄別所線 駅番号(駅ナンバリング)導入について" [Introduction of station numbers on the Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line] (PDF). uedadentetsu.com (in Japanese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ^ "【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入" [Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway]. Rail Hobidas Online. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Passengers are able to transfer onto Alpico Kotsu bound for Matsumoto Bus Terminal at Kakeyu Onsen the last stop.
  8. ^ "平成28年4月2日上田松本都市間バス運行について". 千曲バス株式会社. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  9. ^ Passengers are able to transfer onto buses bound for Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal via Takayama Station at this terminal.
  10. ^ "Timetable". Ueda Bus. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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