Yokota Station

Yokota Station
横田駅

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

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).

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

View of the platforms, October 2012

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.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kururi Line
Higashi-Kiyokawa - Higashi-Yokota

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.

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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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