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Urizura Station (瓜連駅, Urizura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Urizura Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 16.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform. The station building is elevated and located on a cantilever pedestrian overpass connecting the platform with the road. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Suigun Line	for Hitachi-Ōta and Kōriyama
2	■ Suigun Line	for Mito

History

Urizura Station opened on June 12, 1918 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 261 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 118
former Urizura Town Hall
Urizura Post Office

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Urizura Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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