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Urasa Station
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Urasa Station East Entrance in September 2004
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| Location | 719-2 Minamiuonuma-shi, Niigata-ken Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2side platforms (Shinkansen) 2island platforms (conventional line) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At grade (conventional line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1923; 100 years ago (1923-09-01) | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 1,444 (daily) | |||||||||||||||
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Urasa Station (浦佐駅, Urasa-eki) is a railway station in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Urasa Station is a station on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line and also the Joetsu Line. It is located 123.9 kilometers from the starting point of the Joetsu Line at Takasaki and 198.6 kilometers from Ōmiya.
The station has a two island platforms serving the local Joetsu Line and two elevated opposed side platforms serving the Joetsu Shinkansen. The station has a Reserved Seat Ticket Vending Machine with the capability to call an operator to purchase tickets (話せる指定席券売機, hanaseru shiteiseki kenbaiki).[1]
| 1 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
| 2/3 | ■ Joetsu Line | (not normally used) |
| 4 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Minakami |
| 11 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Nagaoka and Niigata |
| 12 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Echigo-Yuzawa and Tokyo |
Urasa Station opened on 1 September 1923. Shinkansen operations commenced from 15 November 1982. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,444 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
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Stations of the Jōetsu Shinkansen
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37°10′02″N 138°55′21″E / 37.167152°N 138.922619°E / 37.167152; 138.922619
