Ueda Station (Nagano) Explained

Ueda Station
Native Name:	上田駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	1-1887 Tenjin, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386–0025
Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	36.3965°N 138.2498°W
Operator:	Shinano Railway Ueda Electric Railway
Line:	Shinano Railway Line Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line
Platforms:	4 side + 1 island platforms
Connections:	Bus stop
Elevation:	^[1]
Code:	BE01
Status:	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Passengers:	2,860 daily (JR East)
Pass Year:	FY2015
Map Type:	Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Ueda Station

is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the third-sector operator Shinano Railway, and the private railway operator Ueda Electric Railway.

Lines

Ueda Station is served by the following lines.

• Hokuriku Shinkansen (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen), of which it is 189.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
• Shinano Railway Line, on which it is 40.6 kilometers from Karuizawa Station
• Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line, of which it is the terminus

Station layout

JR East platforms

The JR East station has two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[2]

Shinano Railway platforms

The Shinano Railway station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform serving a total of three tracks.

Ueda Electric Railway platform

The Ueda Electric Railway station has one ground-level dead-headed side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

History

The station first opened on 15 August 1888.^[3] Local JR East trains services were transferred to the control of the Shinano Railway from 1 October 1997 with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.^[2] The Ueda Electric Railway station opened on 15 August 1924.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced to the Ueda Electric Railway platforms in August 2016 with Ueda being assigned station number BE01.^{[4] [5]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Bus routes

Oshiro guchi (お城口)

Track 1

• Chikuma Bus
  • Kakeyu Line^[7]
  • Aoki Line
  • Muroga Line
  • Nezu Line
  • Kendo Kawanishi Line
  • Takeshi Line
  • Utsukuhsigahara Yamamotokoya Line
  • Expressway Bus Ikebukuro・Shijuku Line for Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal
  • Exprssway Bus Tachikawa Line for Tachikawa Station
  • Expressway Bus Kyoto・Osaka Line for Osaka Station via Kyoto Station
  • Limited express Bus Ueda・Matsumoto Line^[8] for Matsumoto Bus Terminal^[9] ※Runs on holidays and all days of August.

Track 2

• Ueda Bus
  • Sanada Line
  • Shibusawa Line
  • Soehi Line
  • Hoden Line
  • Shinshu Ueda Iryo Center Line
  • Shioda Line
  • Ario Ueda Line
  • Kubobayashi Line

Track 3

• Ueda Bus
  • Sugadaira Kogen Line
  • "Shinshu no Kamakura Koto meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
  • "Sanada Ichizoku no Sato meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
  • "Furinkazan to Kawanakajimakassen Line" (Sightseeing Bus)
  • Limited express Bus Yubatake Ueda・Kusatsu Onsen Line^[10] for Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal ※Runs on partly days.
• JR Bus
  • Wadatoge Kita Line
  • Expressway Bus Dream Shinshu for Kyoto Station・Osaka Station

Track 4＊Circular-route Bus in Ueda

• "Aka Bus"
• "Ao Bus"
• Ueda Machinaka Junkai Bus

Onsen guchi

• Azumino Taxi – for Hotaka Station

Surrounding area

• Ueda Castle

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East Ueda Station
• Shinano Railway Ueda Station
• Ueda Electric Railway timetable

Notes and References

1. http://www.jreast.co.jp/nagano/trip/ueda/main.html JR East
2. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=203. ja:各駅情報（上田駅）. Station Information (Ueda Station) . East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 15 March 2012.
3. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . ja: データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . July 2002 . Japan . 187–188. 4-87366-874-3.
4. Web site: 31 March 2016 . 上田電鉄別所線 駅番号（駅ナンバリング）導入について . Introduction of station numbers on the Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line . dead . http://www.uedadentetsu.com/2016.3.31%E3%80%80%E9%A7%85%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%80%80%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9.pdf . 17 April 2016 . 11 February 2023 . uedadentetsu.com . ja.
5. Web site: 13 April 2016 . 【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入 . Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812174338/https://rail.hobidas.com/rmnews/251426/ . 12 August 2022 . 12 February 2023 . Rail Hobidas Online.
6. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_08.html. ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015). 2016. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 11 December 2016.
7. Passengers are able to transfer onto Alpico Kotsu bound for Matsumoto Bus Terminal at Kakeyu Onsen the last stop.
8. Web site: 平成28年4月2日上田松本都市間バス運行について. 千曲バス株式会社. 2016-04-21.
9. Passengers are able to transfer onto buses bound for Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal via Takayama Station at this terminal.
10. Web site: Timetable. Ueda Bus. 2016-04-21.