Awa-Kamogawa_Station
Awa-Kamogawa Station
Railway station in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Awa-Kamogawa Station | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yokosuka, Kamogawa-shi, Chiba-ken 296-0001 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°6′27.42″N 140°6′13.44″E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 119.4 km from Soga | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 July 1925; 98 years ago (1925-07-11) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 1290 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 (60.5 mi) from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station and 119.4 km (74.2 mi) from the northern terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.
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, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Chiba, and Tokyo |
| ■ Limited express Wakashio | for Kaihimmakuhari and Tokyo | |
| ■ Limited express Shinjuku Wakashio | for Kinshichō and Shinjuku | |
| 3 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Tateyama, Kazusa-Minato, Kisarazu, and Tokyo |
Awa-Kamogawa Station opened on 11 July 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 1 April 1933. These lines were renamed on 15 July 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 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in August 2006.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1290 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Kamogawa city Hall
National Route 128
- 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.
