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Urata Station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 33°39′23″N 130°41′58″E / 33.65639°N 130.69944°E

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JC 15 Urata Station

浦田駅

Urata Station in 2009

General information

Location

2415-2 Namazuta, Iizuka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 820-0001
Japan

Coordinates

33°39′23″N 130°41′58″E / 33.65639°N 130.69944°E

Operated by

JR Kyushu

Line(s)

JC Chikuhō Main Line

Distance

36.2 km from Wakamatsu

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

At grade

Accessible

No - platforms linked by level crossing with steps

Other information

Status

Unstaffed

Website

Official website

History

Opened

11 March 1989

Passengers

FY2016

288 daily

Services

Preceding station	JR Kyushu			Following station
Shin-Iizuka towards Haruda		Chikuhō Main Line Local		Namazuta towards Wakamatsu

Location
Urata Station Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Show map of Fukuoka Prefecture Urata Station Urata Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Urata Station (浦田駅, Urata-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu in^[1]

Lines

The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 36.2 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.^[2]

Station layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A station building in a traditional log house design houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the opposite platform from the station building is by means of a level crossing which has steps at both ends. On the other side of the tracks from the station building is a separate entrance to the station. This is a flight of steps up a hill slope from the main road and leads directly to platform 2.^[3]^[2]

Platforms

1	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Shin-Iizuka and Hakata
2	■ JC Chikuhō Main Line	for Nōgata and Orio

A view of the station platforms and tracks.

History

The station was opened by JR Kyushu on 11 March 1989 as an additional station on the existing Chikuhō Main Line track.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was above 100 and below 323. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[6]

Surrounding area

The Iizuka Auto Race Course is about a 15-minute walk from the station.

Iizuka Citizens Sports Park

References

^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道四国・九州ライン全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻北九州筑豊エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 38, 74. ISBN 9784062951623.
^ "浦田" [Urata]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 233–4. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 787. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links

Media related to Urata Station at Wikimedia Commons

Urata Station information (JR Kyūshū)

v t e Stations of the Chikuhō Main Line
JG Haruda Line	Haruda Chikuzen-Yamae Chikuzen-Uchino Kami-Honami Keisen
JC Fukuhoku Yutaka Line	Keisen Tentō Iizuka Shin-Iizuka Urata Namazuta Kotake Katsuno Nōgata Shinnyū Chikuzen-Ueki Kurate Chikuzen-Habu Nakama Higashi-Mizumaki Orio
JE Wakamatsu Line	Orio Honjō Futajima Oku-Dōkai Fujinoki Wakamatsu

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Lines

Station layout

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

External links