title: Urata Station
text: # Urata Station
  
  Urata Station (浦田駅, Urata-eki) is a railway station on the Chikuhō Main Line operated by JR Kyushu in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  
  ## Lines
  
  The station is served by the Chikuhō Main Line and is located 36.2 km from the starting point of the line at Wakamatsu.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. A station building in a traditional log house design houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines. Access to the opposite platform from the station building is by means of a level crossing which has steps at both ends. On the other side of the tracks from the station building is a separate entrance to the station. This is a flight of steps up a hill slope from the main road and leads directly to platform 2.
  
  * A view of the station platforms and tracks.
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | ← | | Service | | → |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chikuhō Main Line |||||
  | Namazuta | Namazuta | Local | Shin-Iizuka | Shin-Iizuka |
  
  ## History
  
  The station was opened by JR Kyushu on 11 March 1989 as an additional station on the existing Chikuhō Main Line track.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2016, the daily average number of passengers using the station (boarding passengers only) was above 100 and below 323. The station did not rank among the top 300 busiest stations of JR Kyushu.
  
  