Uji Station | |
Native Name: | 宇治駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 16, Uji-Umonji, Uji, Kyoto |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.8904°N 135.8006°W |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Nara Line |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Structure: | Ground level |
Accessible: | None |
Style: | JR West |
Opened: | 1896 |
Passengers: | 8,362 daily |
Pass Year: | 2016 |
Map Type: | Japan Kyoto Prefecture#Japan |
is a train station located on the Nara Line in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). This station administrates all intermediate stations on the Nara Line. It has the station number "JR-D09".
Originally, there was a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. Both these and the station building were at ground level. The station was rebuilt in 2000 with two island platforms serving four tracks and a new station building designed imitating the Phoenix Hall of Byōdō-in, a major tourist attraction in Uji.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Uji being assigned station number JR-D09.[1] [2]
According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical report, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.
1999 | 5,828 | |
2000 | 5,773 | |
2001 | 6,241 | |
2002 | 6,438 | |
2003 | 6,645 | |
2004 | 6,753 | |
2005 | 6,975 | |
2006 | 7,173 | |
2007 | 7,361 | |
2008 | 7,731 | |
2009 | 7,578 | |
2010 | 7,658 | |
2011 | 7,743 | |
2012 | 7,684 | |
2013 | 7,616 | |
2014 | 8,370 | |
2015 | 8,604 | |
2016 | 8,362 |