Urayasu Station (浦安駅, Urayasu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kotoura, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Urayasu Station 浦安駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Akasaki Station, August 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 271, Ōaza Tokuman Aza Ōkubota,, Kotoura-chō, Tōhaku-gun, Tottori-ken 689-2303 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°29′58.8″N 133°41′36.1″E / 35.499667°N 133.693361°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  San'in Main Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 285.8 km (177.6 miles) from Kyoto | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 August 1903 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Yabase (to 1938); Higashi-Yabase (to 1949) | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 762 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editUrayasu Station is served by the San'in Main Line, and is located 285.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kyoto.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing to the station building. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■  San'in Main Line
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for Kurayoshi and Tottori |
| 2 | ■ San'in Main Line
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for Yonago and Matsue (express) |
History
editUrayasu Station opened on August 28, 1903 as Yabase Station (八橋駅). It was renamed Higashi-Yabase Station (東八橋駅) on August 20, 1938, and became Urayasu Station on December 15, 1949. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 762 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Kotoura Town Hall
- Kotoura Town Lifelong Learning Center "Manabi Town Tohaku"
- Kotoura Town Library Main Building
- Kotoura Municipal Tohaku Junior High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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Media related to Urayasu Station (Tottori) at Wikimedia Commons
- Urayasu Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
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