Nishi-Ueda Station

Coordinates: 36°25′02″N 138°12′31″E / 36.4171°N 138.2086°E

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Nishi-Ueda Station

西上田駅

Nishi-Ueda Station in May 2009

General information

Location

Shimo-Shiojiri, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken
Japan

Coordinates

36°25′02″N 138°12′31″E / 36.4171°N 138.2086°E

Elevation

421 m^{[citation needed]}

Operated by

Line(s)

■ Shinano Railway Line

Distance

44.4 km from Karuizawa

Platforms

1 side + 1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Website

Official website

History

Opened

1 June 1920

Previous names

Kita-Shiojiri Station (until 1956)

Passengers

FY2011

1,764 daily

Location
Nishi-Ueda Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Show map of Nagano Prefecture Nishi-Ueda Station Nishi-Ueda Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Nishi-Ueda Station (西上田駅, Nishi-Ueda-eki) is a railway station on the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway, in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan. The station also has a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Nishi-Ueda Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 44.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level island platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, only one side of one of the island platforms is used, giving the station a one side/one island platform configuration serving three tracks.

Platforms

1	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Ueda, Komoro and Karuizawa
2	■ Shinano Railway Line
3	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Togura, Shinonoi and Nagano

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shinano Railway Line
Ueda		Local		Tekuno-Sakaki

History

The station opened on 1 June 1920 as Kita-Shiojiri Station (北塩尻駅).^[1] It was renamed Nishi-Ueda on 10 April 1956.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,764 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 18
Ueda Nishi High School

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 239. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Shinano Railway Line and related lines
Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)	Takasaki Kita-Takasaki Gumma-Yawata Annaka Isobe Matsuida Nishi-Matsuida Yokokawa
Railway abandoned	Yokokawa Karuizawa (served by JR Bus Kanto Usui Line)
Shinano Railway Line	Karuizawa Naka-Karuizawa Shinano-Oiwake Miyota Hirahara Komoro Shigeno Tanaka Ōya Shinano-Kokubunji Ueda Nishi-Ueda Tekuno-Sakaki Sakaki Togura Chikuma Yashiro Yashiro Kōkō-mae Shinonoi (for Nagano>>)
Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)	(for Shiojiri<<)(for Karuizawa<<) Shinonoi Imai Kawanakajima Amori Nagano (for Myōkō-Kōgen>>)
Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line	(for Shinonoi<<) Nagano Kita-Nagano Sansai Toyono Mure Furuma Kurohime Myōkō-Kōgen
ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line	Myōkō-Kōgen Sekiyama Nihongi Arai Kita-Arai Jōetsumyōkō Minami-Takada Takada Kasugayama Naoetsu (for Niigata>>)
Shin'etsu Main Line (2015-present)	(for Jōetsumyōkō<<) Naoetsu Kuroi Saigata (for Echigo-Yuzawa>>) Dosokohama Katamachi Jōgehama Kakizaki Yoneyama Kasashima Ōmigawa Kujiranami Kashiwazaki Ibarame Yasuda Kitajō Echigo-Hirota Nagatori Tsukayama Echigo-Iwatsuka Raikōji Maekawa Miyauchi Nagaoka Kita-Nagaoka Oshikiri Mitsuke Obiori Tōkōji Sanjō Higashi-Sanjō Honai Kamo Hanyūda Tagami Yashiroda Furutsu Niitsu Satsukino Ogikawa Kameda Echigo-Ishiyama Niigata (for Shibata>>)
See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen All stations are part of Shin'etsu Main Line prior to Oct 1 1997. bold: Shirayuki stops

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Station layout

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

External links