Udono Station
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).
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 | 33.7366°N 136.0157°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){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 Location within Mie Prefecture  Udono Station Udono Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines
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
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
| 1 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Shingū |
| 2 | ■ Kisei Main Line | for Owase and Nagoya |
History
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
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 111 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
- Kiho Town Hall (former Udono Village Hall)
- Kiho Town Udono Elementary School
- Hokuetsu Paper Mills Kishu Factory
- Udono Port
See also
References
- 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.
- "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
- JR Central timetable (in Japanese)