is a railway station on the
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in Mar ...
in the city of
Uozu, Toyama
is a Cities of Japan, city in the eastern part of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 42,224 in 16,811 households and a population density of 210 persons per km². Its total area was .
Geography
Uozu lies in be ...
, Japan, operated by the
third-sector railway operator
Ainokaze Toyama Railway
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in Mar ...
. It is also a freight terminal for the
Japan Freight Railway Company.
Lines
Uozu Station is served by the
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in Mar ...
and is 67.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
Uozu Station has one ground-level
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and one ground-level
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Uozu Station opened on 16 November 1908.
With the privatization of
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.