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Ueda Station (Nagano)

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Elevation
  
446 meters

Address
  
Japan

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
15 August 1888

Ueda Station (Nagano)

Location
  
1-1887 Tenjin, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386-0025 Japan

Operated by
  
JR East Shinano Railway Ueda Electric Railway

Line(s)
  
Hokuriku Shinkansen ■ Shinano Railway Line ■ Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line

Platforms
  
4 side + 1 island platforms

Similar
  
Bessho Hot Spring, Ueda Castle, Bessho‑Onsen Station, Nagano Station, Sakudaira Station

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.

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Lines

Ueda Station is served by the following lines.

  • Hokuriku Shinkansen (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen), of which it is 189.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
  • Shinano Railway Line, on which it is 40.6 kilometers from Karuizawa Station
  • Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line, of which it is the terminus
  • JR East platforms

    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.

    Shinano Railway platforms

    The Shinano Railway station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform serving a total of three tracks.

    Ueda Electric Railway platform

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

    History

    The station first opened on 15 August 1888. 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. The Ueda Electric Railway station opened on 15 August 1924.

    Passenger statistics

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

    Surrounding area

  • Ueda Castle
  • References

    Ueda Station (Nagano) Wikipedia