Yokota Station

Coordinates: 35°23′09.91″N 140°01′13.25″E / 35.3860861°N 140.0203472°E / 35.3860861; 140.0203472
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Yokota Station

横田駅
Yokota Station, October 2012
General information
LocationYokota, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-0236
Japan
Coordinates35°23′09.91″N 140°01′13.25″E / 35.3860861°N 140.0203472°E / 35.3860861; 140.0203472
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kururi Line
Distance9.3 km from Kisarazu
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 28, 1912
Previous namesNakagawa (until 1915)
Passengers
FY2019165
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Higashi-Kiyokawa
towards Kisarazu
Kururi Line Higashi-Yokota
Location
Yokota Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Yokota Station
Yokota Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Yokota Station is located in Japan
Yokota Station
Yokota Station
Yokota Station (Japan)
View of the platforms, October 2012

Yokota Station (横田駅, Yokota-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Yokota Station is served by the Kururi Line, and is located 9.3 km from the western terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout[edit]

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is one of the few on the Kururi Line which is fully staffed, and which allows for trains coming from opposite directions to pass one another.

Platforms[edit]

1  Kururi Line for Kisarazu
2  Kururi Line for Kazusa-Kameyama

History[edit]

Yokota Station opened on December 28, 1912 as Nakagawa Station (中川駅, Nakagawa-eki) on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. It was renamed Yokota Station on July 1, 1915.[citation needed] The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links[edit]

Media related to Yokota Station at Wikimedia Commons