Urakawa Station (浦川駅, Urakawa-eki) is a railway station on the Iida Line in Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Urakawa Station 浦川駅 | |||||
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 Urakawa Station in August 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Sakuma-cho, Urakawa 2820, Tenryū-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°03′23″N 137°45′50″E / 35.056439°N 137.764003°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Iida Line | ||||
| Distance | 57.3 km from Toyohashi | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 11, 1934 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2017 | 60 (daily) | ||||
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Lines
editUrakawa Station is served by the Iida Line and is 57.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Toyohashi Station.
Station layout
editThe station has one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Iida Line | For Toyohashi |
| 2 | ■ Iida Line | For Iida |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| Iida Line | ||||
| Limited Express "Inaji" (特急「伊那路」): Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Kamiichiba | Local (普通) | Hayase | ||
Station History
editUrakawa Station was established on November 11, 1934, as a station on the now defunct Sanshin Railway. On August 1, 1943, the Sanshin Railway was nationalized along with several other local lines to form the Iida line. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from 1980. Along with its division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company. The station has been unmanned since 1991.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 60 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
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National Route 473- Urakawa Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年)) (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shizuoka Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
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Media related to Urakawa Station (Shizuoka) at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Iida Line station information