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Urasa Station

Urasa Station
浦佐駅
Urasa Station East Exit 20040912.jpg
Urasa Station East Entrance in September 2004
Location 719-2 Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata-ken
Japan
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side + 2 island platforms
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=257
History
Opened 1 September 1923
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 1,444 (daily)
Location
Urasa Station is located in Japan
Urasa Station
Urasa Station
Location within Japan

Urasa Station (浦佐駅 Urasa-eki?) is a railway station in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Urasa Station is a station on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line and also the Joetsu Line. It is located 123.9 kilometers from the starting point of the Joetsu Line at Takasaki and 198.6 kilometers from Ōmiya.

The station has a two island platforms serving the local Joetsu Line and two elevated opposed side platforms serving the Joetsu Shinkansen. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Urasa Station opened on 1 September 1923. Shinkansen operations commenced from 15 November 1982. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,444 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).


Coordinates: 37°10′02″N 138°55′21″E / 37.167152°N 138.922619°E / 37.167152; 138.922619


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