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Uenoshiba Station (上野芝駅, Uenoshiba-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Uenoshiba Station
上野芝駅 | |||||||||||
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Uenoshiba Station East gate, October 2018
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| Location | 1-1 Uenoshiba-cho-3chome, Nishi-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka-fu 593-8301 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°32′59.45″N 135°28′42.74″E / 34.5498472°N 135.4785389°E / 34.5498472; 135.4785389 | ||||||||||
| Owned by |  West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | R Hanwa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from Tennōji | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | JR-R31 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 July 1929 (1929-07-18) | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 8759 daily | ||||||||||
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Uenoshiba Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located 12.4 kilometres (7.7 miles) from the northern terminus of the line at Tennōji.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
| 1 | ■ Hanwa Line | for Ōtori, Hineno and Wakayama |
| 2 | ■ Hanwa Line | for Tennōji |
Uenoshiba Station opened on 18 July 1929. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Uenoshiba being assigned station number JR-R31.[1][2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8701 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
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