Makuta Station

Makuta Station 馬来田駅
Makuta Station
General information
Location	Makuta 107, Kisarazu, Chiba （千葉県木更津市真里107） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kururi Line
History
Opened	1912
Passengers
2006	301 daily

Makuta Station (馬来田駅, Makuta-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Kururi Line located in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 13.9 kilometers from the western terminus of the Kururi Line at Kisarazu Station.

History

Makuta Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as a station on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since June 1, 1995.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Kururi Line

Station layout

Makuta Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station formerly had two opposed side platforms; however, one platform is no longer in operation. The station is unattended.

Platform

1

■ Kururi Line

For Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kururi Line
Higashi-Yokota		-	Shimogōri

External links

• Template:Ja icon JR East Station information