Uozu Station
Lines. Uozu Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 67.1 kilometres from the starting point of the line at . Station layout. Uozu Station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed. History. Uozu Station opened on 16 November 1908. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the former  Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Uozu Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway. Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,142 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).