Yokota Station
Yokota Station (横田駅, Yokota-eki) is a railway station on the Kururi Line in Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yokota Station 横田駅 | |
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 Yokota Station, October 2012 | |
| Location | Yokota, Sodegaura, Chiba （千葉県袖ヶ浦市横田） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Kururi Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Previous names | Nakagawa (until 1915) |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2006) | 236 daily |
Lines
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
Yokota Station has a two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is one of the few on the Kururi Line which is fully manned, and which allows for trains coming from opposite directions to pass one another.
History
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. 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yokota Station. |
- Yokota Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)