Bessho-Onsen Station (別所温泉駅, Bessho-Onsen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ueda, Nagano, Japan, operated by the private railway operating company Ueda Electric Railway.
The station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single dead headed track. The station formerly had a bay platform, but one side of the platform is no longer in use. The station is one of the few stations on the line which is staffed.[citation needed]
History
The station opened on 17 June 1921. The current station building was remodeled in 1950.[citation needed]
Station numbering was introduced in August 2016 with Bessho-Onsen being assigned station number BE15.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 609 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [3]
^"上田電鉄別所線 駅番号（駅ナンバリング）導入について" [Introduction of station numbers on the Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line] (PDF). uedadentetsu.com (in Japanese). 31 March 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^"【上田電鉄】駅ナンバリング導入" [Information Regarding Station Numbering on the Ueda Electric Railway]. Rail Hobidas Online. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^84 地方鉄道(JRを除く)駅別乗降旅客人員 [Nagano Prefectural Statistics (Fiscal 2016) Section 84] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Nagano Prefecture. 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2019-03-25.
