Awa-Kamogawa Station

Awa-Kamogawa Station (安房鴨川駅, Awa-Kamogawa-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Awa-Kamogawa Station

安房鴨川駅
Awa-Kamogawa Station
LocationYokosuka, Kamogawa-shi, Chiba-ken 296-0001
Japan
Coordinates35°6′27.42″N 140°6′13.44″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
Distance119.4 km from Soga
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJuly 11, 1925
Passengers
FY20191290
Location
Awa-Kamogawa Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Awa-Kamogawa Station
Awa-Kamogawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Awa-Kamogawa Station is served by the Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line, and forms the terminating point of both lines. It is located 97.3 km from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station and 119.4 km from the northern terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks for the Sotobō Line, and one side platform serving the Uchibō Line. The station shares the distinction with Kamaishi Station and Kagoshima Station of being one of only three stations in Japan serving as the terminus of two lines, with only up traffic. The station building is on the east side. There is also a west exit near to Aeon and Kamogawa City Hall connected to east one with a bridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1/2 ■ Sotobō Line for Katsuura and Chiba
■ Limited express Wakashio for Kaihimmakuhari and Tokyo
■ Limited express Shinjuku Wakashio for Kinshichō and Shinjuku
3 ■ Uchibō Line for Tateyama, Kisarazu, and Chiba

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sotobō Line
Awa-Amatsu   Limited express Wakashio   Terminus
Awa-Amatsu   Local   Terminus
Uchibō Line
Futomi   Local   Terminus

History

Awa-Kamogawa Station opened on July 11, 1925 as a station on the Hōjō Line. The Hōjō Line was merged into the Bōsō Line in 1929, and the Bōsō Line itself was divided into the Bōsō-East and Bōsō-West Lines on April 1, 1933. These lines were renamed on July 15, 1972 to the Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in August 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1290 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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