Uozu Station

{{short description|Railway station in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Uozu Station

| native_name = 魚津駅

| native_name_lang = ja

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| image = File:JR Uozu.jpg

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| caption = Uozu Station in November 2010

| address = 1-1 Shakado, Uozu-shi, Toyama-ken 937-0067

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|36.8266386|137.40592|type:landmark|display=inline, title}}

| status = Staffed

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| line = {{Colorbull|Green}} Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line

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| distance = 67.1 km from {{STN|Kurikara|x}}

| platforms = 1 side +1 island platforms

| tracks = 3

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| connections = Shin-Uozu Station

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| website = {{official|1=http://ainokaze.co.jp/station/uozu}}

| opened = {{Start date|1908|11|16|df=y}}

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| passengers = 2,142 daily

| pass_year = FY2015

| map_type = Japan

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{{Nihongo|Uozu Station|魚津駅|Uozu-eki}} is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Uozu, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Uozu Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 67.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at {{STN|Kurikara|x}}.

Station layout

Uozu Station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

=Platforms=

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{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2, 3|first=3|nidx= Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line|linecol=green|dir=for {{STN|Tomari|x|Toyama}} and {{STN|Itoigawa|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

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History

Uozu Station opened on 16 November 1908.{{cite book |script-title=ja: 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編|trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR| publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 | location = Japan |language= ja | volume = II| page = 140| isbn = 4-533-02980-9}} With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from {{STN|Nagano|x}} to {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}, local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.{{cite web |url= http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo03_hh_000054.html|script-title=ja:しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について |trans-title=Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway|date= 26 February 2014|work= News release |publisher= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 20 March 2015}} From this date, Uozu Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,142 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1015/lib/almanac/almanac_27/_10/index.html|script-title=ja: 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況（1日平均））|year= 2016|publisher= Toyama Prefectural Office|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 6 June 2017}}