Ōhara Station (Chiba)

Ōhara Station (大原駅, Ōhara-eki) is a railway station in Isumi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway.

Ōhara Station 大原駅
The JR East station entrance in July 2011
Location	8701 Ōhara, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan
Operated by	JR East Isumi Railway
Line(s)	■ Sotobo Line ■ Isumi Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	13 December 1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	1,679 (JR East) daily
Location
Ōhara Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Ōhara Station Ōhara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

The Isumi Railway entrance in May 2017

Lines

Ōhara Station is served by the JR East Sotobo Line and the Isumi Railway Company Isumi Line. Limited express Wakashio services from Tokyo to Awa-Kamogawa stop at this station. It is located 57.2 km from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station, and forms the eastern terminus of the Isumi Line.

Station layout

The JR East station consists of one side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The Isumi Railway has a single bay platform serving two tracks. The two station buildings are adjacent and are connected together.

JR East platforms

1	■ Sotobo Line	for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Chiba, and Tokyo for Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa
2	■ Sotobo Line	for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Chiba, and Tokyo
3	■ Sotobo Line	for Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa

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  The JR East platforms in May 2013

Isumi Line platforms

1-2

■ Isumi Line

for Ōtaki and Kazusa-Nakano

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  The Isumi Railway platform in July 2011

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Kazusa-Ichinomiya		Wakashio	Katsuura
Mikado		Rapid	Namihana
Mikado		Local	Namihana
Isumi Line
Terminus		Express	Kazusa-Azuma
Terminus		Local	Nishi-Ōhara

History

Ōhara Station opened on December 13, 1899, as the terminal station of the Bōsō Railway.[1] On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II.

Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1] On March 24, 1988, the Kihara Line was split off from the JR East network to be operated by the third-sector Isumi Railway.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, JR East's Ōhara Station was used by an average of 1,679 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

• Isumi City Office
• Ōhara Fishing Port
• Ōhara High School
• National Route 128
• National Route 465

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Japan: JTB. pp. 615–616. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger boarding figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)
• Isumi Railway station information (in Japanese)