Iga-Ueno Station

Iga-Ueno Station 伊賀上野駅
File:Iga-Ueno-Station-20120708.jpg Iga Ueno Station
Location	Mita, Iga, Mie （三重県伊賀市三田） Japan
Operated by	JR West Iga Railway
Line(s)	Kansai Main Line Iga Line
History
Opened	1897
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	746 (JR) 400 (Iga Railway) daily

Iga-Ueno Station (伊賀上野駅, Iga-Ueno-eki) is a railway station in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is located 94.5 rail kilometres from the terminus of the Kansai Main Line at Nagoya Station and 34.6 rail kilometers from Kameyama Station, and is 16.6 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the Iga Line at Iga-Kambe Station.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Main Line
• Iga Railway Iga Line

Layout

Iga-Ueno Station has a side platform which is cut away on one side to form a semi-bay platform, and in an island platform with four tracks on the ground level, connected by an overpass. The Iga Line track is electrified but the Kansai Line tracks are not.

Platforms

1	■ Iga Railway Iga Line	for Uenoshi and Iga-Kambe
2	■ JR West Kansai Line	for Kamo
3	■ JR West Kansai Line	for Tsuge and Kameyama
4	■ JR West Kansai Line	starting for Kamo for Tsuge and Kameyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR West Kansai Main Line
Sanagu		-	Shimagahara
Iga Railway Iga Line
Terminus		-	Nii

History

Iga-Ueno Station was opened on January 15, 1897 as Ueno Station (上野駅, Ueno-eki). The line was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which became the JNR (Japan National Railways) after World War II. The station name was changed to its present name on September 11, 1916. Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. The Iga Railway began operations on August 8, 1916. Through a series of mergers, the line became part of the Kintetsu group by June 1, 1944, but was spun-out as an independent company again on October 1, 2007.

External links

• JR Iga-Ueno Station official home page