Uramoto Station

37°04′27″N 137°56′22″E / 37.0741°N 137.9394°E / 37.0741; 137.9394Operated by

Echigo Tokimeki RailwayLine(s)■ Nihonkai Hisui LineDistance28.3 km from IchiburiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationStatusUnstaffedHistoryOpened28 January 1950PassengersFY201711 daily

Location
Uramoto Station Location within Japan

Uramoto Station (浦本駅, Uramoto-eki) is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Uramoto Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 28.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 322.8 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms on an embankment, with the station building at ground level. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Station side	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line	for Naoetsu
Opposite side	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line	for Itoigawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nihonkai Hisui Line
Kajiyashiki		Local	Nō

History

The station opened on 28 January 1950, as part of the Japan National Railways (JNR). From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[1] From this date, Uramoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

References

^ Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
^ 平成29年度の乗車状況（平成29年4月1日～平成30年3月31日）［各駅の１日平均乗車人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

External links

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Train timetables (in Japanese)

Stations of the ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line

Biwako Line	(for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>)	A
Hokuriku Line	(for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga	A