Urizura Station
Urizura Station 瓜連駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Urizura Station in December 2007 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Urizura, Naka, Ibaraki (茨城県那珂市瓜連) Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Suigun Line | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1918 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2014 | 294 daily | ||||||||||
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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).
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
- Japan National Route 118
- former Urizura Town Hall
- Urizura Post Office
External links
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- JR East Station information (in Japanese)
36°29′52″N 140°27′02″E / 36.4978°N 140.4506°E