Ukai Station 鵜飼駅 | |||||||||||
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Ukai Station, August 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 45-10 Ukai-chō, Fuchū-shi, Hiroshima-ken 726-0002 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°34′4.36″N 133°14′40.85″E / 34.5678778°N 133.2446806°E | ||||||||||
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| Line | Z Fukuen Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.7 km (14.1 miles) from Fukuyama | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 July 1914 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 327 | ||||||||||
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Ukai Station (鵜飼駅, Ukai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Ukai Station is served by the JR West Fukuen Line, and is located 22.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukuyama.
The station consists of one side platform serving a single-bi-directional track. These is no station building and the station is unattended. An automatic ticket vending machine is installed in the waiting area on the platform.
Ukai Station was opened on 21 July 1914 as the Ukai Stop (鵜飼停留場, Ukai teiryūb). It was elevated to a full station on 12 January 1923. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 327 passengers daily.
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