Ueda Station (Nagano)

Ueda Station is served by the following lines. • Hokuriku Shinkansen (formerly named the Nagano Shinkansen), of which it is 189.2 kilometers from Tokyo Station. • Shinano Railway Line, on which it is 40.6 kilometers from Karuizawa Station • Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line, of which it is the terminus ==Station layout==

JR East platforms The JR East station has two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Shinano Railway platforms The Shinano Railway station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform serving a total of three tracks. Ueda Electric Railway platform The Ueda Electric Railway station has one ground-level dead-headed side platform serving a single bi-directional track. ==History==

The station first opened on 15 August 1888. Local JR East trains services were transferred to the control of the Shinano Railway from 1 October 1997 with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen. ==Passenger statistics==

In fiscal 2015, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 2,860 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). ==Bus routes==

Oshiro guchi (お城口) Track 1 • Chikuma Bus • Kakeyu Line • Aoki Line • Muroga Line • Nezu Line • Kendo Kawanishi Line • Takeshi Line • Utsukuhsigahara Yamamotokoya Line • Expressway Bus Ikebukuro・Shijuku Line for Shinjuku Highway Bus Terminal • Exprssway Bus Tachikawa Line for Tachikawa Station • Expressway Bus Kyoto・Osaka Line for Osaka Station via Kyoto Station • Limited express Bus Ueda・Matsumoto Line for Matsumoto Bus Terminal ※Runs on holidays and all days of August. Track 2 • Ueda Bus • Sanada Line • Shibusawa Line • Soehi Line • Hoden Line • Shinshu Ueda Iryo Center Line • Shioda Line • Ario Ueda Line • Kubobayashi Line Track 3 • Ueda Bus • Sugadaira Kogen Line • "Shinshu no Kamakura Koto meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus) • "Sanada Ichizoku no Sato meguri Line" (Sightseeing Bus) • "Furinkazan to Kawanakajimakassen Line" (Sightseeing Bus) • Limited express Bus Yubatake Ueda・Kusatsu Onsen Line for Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal ※Runs on partly days. • JR Bus • Wadatoge Kita Line • Expressway Bus Dream Shinshu for Kyoto Station・Osaka Station Track 4 ＊Circular-route Bus in Ueda • "Aka Bus" • "Ao Bus" • Ueda Machinaka Junkai Bus Onsen guchi • Azumino Taxi – for Hotaka Station ==Surrounding area==