Nishi-Ueda Station | |
Native Name: | 西上田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Shimo-Shiojiri, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.4171°N 138.2086°W |
Line: | Shinano Railway Line |
Distance: | 44.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Elevation: | 421 m |
Opened: | 1 June 1920 |
Former: | Kita-Shiojiri Station (until 1956) |
Passengers: | 1,764 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2011 |
Map Type: | Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Nishi-Ueda Station |
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).
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.
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.
The station opened on 1 June 1920 as .[1] It was renamed Nishi-Ueda on 10 April 1956.[1]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,764 passengers daily.[1]