Ugata Station

Ugata Station (鵜方駅, Ugata-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway.

Ugata Station 鵜方駅
Ugata Station
General information
Location	Ago-cho Ugata 1670-2, Shima-shi, Mie-ken 517-0501 Japan
Coordinates	34.3293676°N 136.8286306°E / 34.3293676; 136.8286306
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Shima Line
Distance	62.8  km from Ise-Nakagawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	M91
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 23, 1929 (1929-07-23)
Passengers
FY2019	960 daily
Location Ugata Station Location within Mie Prefecture Ugata Station Ugata Station (Japan)

Lines

Ugata Station is served by the Shima Line, and is located 62.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ise-Nakagawa Station.

Station layout

The station was consists of a single island platform in an elevated station building.

Platforms

1	■ Shima Line	for Kashikojima
2	■ Shima Line	for Toba, Nagoya, Osaka Namba and Kyoto

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shima Line
Shima-Yokoyama		Local		Shima-Shimmei
Shima-Isobe		Limited Express		Kashikojima
Toba		Limited Express "Shimakaze"		Kashikojima

History

Ugata Station opened on July 23, 1929 as a station on the Shima Electric Railway. The line was one of six private companies consolidated into Mie Kotsu by order of the Japanese government on February 11, 1944. When Mie Kotsu dissolved on February 1, 1964, the station became part of the Mie Electric Railway, which was then acquired by Kintetsu on April 1, 1965. The station building was rebuilt in March 1994.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 960 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Shima City Hall
• Goza Shirahama beach
• Shima tourism information center

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Ugata Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Kintetsu: Ugata Station(in Japanese)