Uramoto Station 浦本駅
Uramoto Station in September 2011
General information
Location	Mawaki, Itoigawa-shi, Niigata-ken 941-0001 Japan
Coordinates	37°04′27″N 137°56′22″E / 37.0741°N 137.9394°E / 37.0741; 137.9394
Operated by	Echigo Tokimeki Railway
Line(s)	■ Nihonkai Hisui Line
Distance	28.3 km from Ichiburi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	28 January 1950
Passengers
FY2017	11 daily
Location
Uramoto Station Location within Japan

Uramoto Station (浦本駅, Uramoto-eki) is a railway station in the city of Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan, operated by Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Lines

Uramoto Station is served by the Nihonkai Hisui Line, and is 28.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ichiburi and 322.8 kilometers from Maibara Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms on an embankment, with the station building at ground level. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 28 January 1950, as part of the Japan National Railways (JNR). From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Shinetsu Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to third-sector railway operating companies.^[1] From this date, Uramoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Echigo Tokimeki Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 11 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]