Soga Station

Soga Station 蘇我駅
West exit, December 2011
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Chiba
Ward	Chūō
Neighborhood etc.	2 Imai
Postal Code	260-0834
(in Japanese)	千葉県千葉市中央区今井二丁目
History
Year opened	1896
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company
Line(s)	Uchibō Line, Sotobō Line, Keiyō Line
Statistics	38,945 passengers/day (2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

Soga station (蘇我駅, Soga-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines

Soga station is served by the following three JR Esst lines.

• Sotobō Line
• Uchibō Line
• Keiyō Line

It is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station. It is 43.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station.

The station is also the starting point of the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line. There is a direct connection between the trains of the Rinkai Main Line and JR trains. The Keiyō Rinkai Railway is responsible for all freight operations at this station.

Station layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms and a total of six passenger lines. Freight lines are located to the side of the first platform, and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway office is located to the side of these. The station is staffed with personnel from both companies. It includes a Midori no madoguchi ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

1	■Uchibō Line, ■Sotobō Line	Chiba, Tokyo
2	■Uchibō Line, ■Sotobō Line	Chiba, Tokyo
	■from the Uchibo Line and the Sotobo Line to the Keiyō Line	Kaihin-Makuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, Tokyo
3・4	■Keiyō Line (starting Soga)	Kaihin-Makuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, Tokyo
5	■Uchibō Line	Goi, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, Awa-Kamogawa (including through trains from the Keiyo Line)
	■Sotobō Line	Ōami, Togane, Naruto, Mobara, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa (including through trains from the Keiyo Line)
6	■Sotobō Line	Ōami, Togane, Naruto, Mobara, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
	■Uchibō Line	Goi, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, Awa-Kamogawa

• Lines 3 and 4 terminate at this station.
• During the morning rush hour and certain other times, two different trains bound for Tokyo , namely the train connecting to the Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobō Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihin-Makuhari and Shin-Kiba) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Chiba-Minato		Keiyō Line		Terminus
Hon-Chiba		Sotobō Line		Kamatori
Hon-Chiba		Uchibō Line		Hamano

History

Soga Station was opened on January 20, 1896 as a station on the Bōsō Railway (present-day Sotobō Line) for both passenger and freight service. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1907. On March 28, 1912, the Kisarazu line (present day Uchibō Line) began operations with Soga Station as its terminus. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. On September 16, 1963 the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Comany Rinkai Main Line began operations. The station became part of the East Japan Railway Company on the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The Keiyō Line opened on December 1, 1988. The station building was reconstructed from 2004 to 2005.

Bus routes

• Chiba Chūō Bus
• Kominato Tetsudō Bus
• Askabus
• Keikyū Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudō Bus))

See also

Media related to Soga Station at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)