Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (上総清川駅, Kazusa-Kiyokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station 上総清川駅 | |
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 Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station platform, April 2008 | |
| Location | Sugō 799, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0051 Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°23′27.73″N 139°57′56.29″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East |
| Line(s) | ■ Kururi Line |
| Distance | 4.2 km from Kisarazu |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | December 28, 1912 |
| Previous names | Kiyokawa (until 1923) |
| Passengers | |
| FY2006 | 254 daily |
| Location | |
  Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (Japan) | |
Lines
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 4.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station is unattended.
History
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as Kiyokawa Station (清川駅, Kiyokawa-eki) on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923 at which time the station name was changed to its present name. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The original station building was destroyed in typhoon in 2004 and replaced with the current structure.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 254 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
See also
References
- 千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)