Ueda Station (Nagano)

Location
	Ueda Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Ueda Station Ueda Station (Japan)

BE01
Ueda Station

上田駅
BE01; Ueda Station; 上田駅
	Ueda Station Onsen entrance in 2012
General information
Location	1-1887 Tenjin, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken 386–0025; Japan
Coordinates	36°23′47″N 138°14′59″E / 36.396501°N 138.249764°E
Elevation	446 m (1,463 ft)
Operated by	JR East; Shinano Railway; Ueda Electric Railway;
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen; ■ Shinano Railway Line; ■ Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line;
Platforms	4 side + 1 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station code	BE01
History
Opened	15 August 1888; 136 years ago
Passengers
FY2015	2,860 daily (JR East)
Services
Location
Location
	Ueda Station Location within Nagano Prefecture Ueda Station Ueda Station (Japan)

Ueda Station (上田駅, Ueda-eki) 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]

1	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
2	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Nagano

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.

1	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Komoro and Karuizawa
2	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano
3	■ Shinano Railway Line	for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano

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

References

^ JR East
^ ^a ^b 各駅情報（上田駅） [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 187–188. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ "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] (PDF). uedadentetsu.com (in Japanese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入" [Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway]. Rail Hobidas Online. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ Passengers are able to transfer onto Alpico Kotsu bound for Matsumoto Bus Terminal at Kakeyu Onsen the last stop.
^ "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. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Passengers are able to transfer onto buses bound for Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal via Takayama Station at this terminal.
^ "Timetable". Ueda Bus. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

External links

[1] JR East

[jreast-2] 各駅情報（上田駅） [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[terada2002-3] Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 187–188. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

[4] "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] (PDF). uedadentetsu.com (in Japanese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[5] "【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入" [Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway]. Rail Hobidas Online. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[jreast2015stats-6] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

[7] Passengers are able to transfer onto Alpico Kotsu bound for Matsumoto Bus Terminal at Kakeyu Onsen the last stop.

[8] "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. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[9] Passengers are able to transfer onto buses bound for Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal via Takayama Station at this terminal.

[10] "Timetable". Ueda Bus. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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