Minami-Shisui Station

Minami-Shisui Station (南酒々井駅, Minami-Shisui-eki) is a railway station in Shisui, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located 59.3 rail kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Minami-Shisui Station 南酒々井駅
Station building
Location	Mabashi 569, Shisui, Inba, Chiba （千葉県印旛郡酒々井町馬橋569） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Sōbu Main Line
History
Opened	1914
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	208 daily

History

Minami-Shisui Station was opened on September 10, 1914 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both passenger and freight operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. A new station building was completed in 1980. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station waiting room was renovated in 2008.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sōbu Main Line

Layout

Minami-Shisui Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by an overpass. The platforms are short and can only accommodate trains of eight carriages in length.

Platforms

1	■ Sōbu Main Line	For Sakura, For Chiba, Tokyo
2	■ Sōbu Main Line	Narutō, Yōkaichiba, Chōshi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sōbu Main Line
Sakura		Local	Enokido

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)