Fukutawara Station
Fukutawara Station (福俵駅, Fukutawara-eki) is a railway station on the Tōgane Line in Tōgane, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Fukutawara Station 福俵駅 | |
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 The platform of Fukutuwara Station in October 2008 | |
| Location | Fukutawara, Tōgane, Chiba （千葉県東金市福俵） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Tōgane Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2006) | 578 daily |
Lines
Fukutawara Station is served by the Tōgane Line, and lies 3.8 km from the terminus of the line at Ōami Station.
Station layout
Fukutawara Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. There is a rain shelter built on the platform, but no station building. The platform is short, and can only handle trains up to six cars long. The station is unattended.
History
Fukutawara Station opened on March 1, 1938, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was closed from August 10, 1941 to October 1, 1954. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
See also
External links
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- JR East station information (in Japanese)