Uenohara Station

Uenohara Station
上野原駅
North Exit of Uenohara Station
Location
Prefecture Yamanashi
(See other stations in Yamanashi)
City Uenohara
Neighborhood etc. 1025 Arata
Postal code409-0113
(in Japanese)山梨県上野原市新田1025
History
Year opened 1901
Rail services
Operator(s) East Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Chūō Rapid Line
Statistics 5,414 passengers/day 2011
There is a bus terminal at this station

Uenohara Station (上野原駅 Uenohara-eki) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line of East Japan Railway Company in Uenohara, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 69.8 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Uenohara Station first opened on August 1, 1901, as a station for both freight and passenger service on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGC became the JNR after the end of World War II. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in April 1, 1980. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001.

Lines

Layout

Uenohara Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1 Chūō Main Line Ōtsuki ・ Kōfu ・ Kobushisawa
2 Chūō Main Line through trains

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chūō Main Line
Fujino   -   Shiotsu

References

External links

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Notes

    Coordinates: 35°37′08″N 139°06′58″E / 35.6188°N 139.1162°E