Udono Station
Udono Station 鵜殿駅 | |||||||||||
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 Udono Station, August 2005 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1551 Udono, Kihō-machi, Minamimuro-gun, Mie-ken 519-5701 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°44′12″N 136°00′57″E / 33.7366°N 136.0157°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg?lang=en){kind=logo} JR Tōkai | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Kisei Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 176.6 km from Kameyama | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 August 1940 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 111 daily | ||||||||||
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Udono Station (鵜殿駅, Udono-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Kihō, Minamimuro District, Mie, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).
Lines
[edit]Udono Station is served by the Kisei Main Line, and is located 176.6 km (109.7 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
The station was also connected by a three-kilometer private line which runs from the freight yard next to the station to the Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. factory nearby.[1] The line was abolished in 2016 when the freight services were discontinued.[2]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Shingū |
| 2 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Owase and Nagoya |
History
[edit]Udono Station opened as a station on the Kisei West Line on 8 August 1940.[3] The passenger station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, with the sidings and freight depot portion of the station falling under the aegis of the Japan Freight Railway Company. The freight depot was abolished in 2016.[2]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 111 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Kiho Town Hall (former Udono Village Hall)
- Kiho Town Udono Elementary School
- Hokuetsu Paper Mills Kishu Factory
- Udono Port
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 私鉄・専用線機関車ウォッチング⑨ [Private Line Locomotive Watching (Part 9)]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 53, no. 622. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2013. pp. 98–103.
- ^ a b "ちょっとチグハグな印象【木造駅舎カタログ】紀勢本線16/185 鵜殿駅". tetsudo-ch (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 94. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 三重県統計書 [Mie Prefectural Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Mie Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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- JR Central timetable (in Japanese)