Katsuura Station (勝浦駅, Katsuura-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Location | Tona 254, Katsuura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-5225 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35.1529°N 140.3120°E / 35.1529; 140.3120 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Sotobō Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 70.9 km from Soga | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 20, 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 946 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Katsuura Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture![]() ![]() Katsuura Station Katsuura Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Katsuura Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 70.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station.
Katsuura Station consists of two island platforms serving three tracks. Track 1 is used for bidirectional traffic. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Awa-Kamogawa, Tokyo, Chiba |
2 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Awa-Kamogawa, Awa-Kominato, Tokyo, Chiba |
3 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Mobara, Soga, Chiba |
Katsuura Station was opened on June 20, 1913. The current elevated station building was completed on July 1, 1982. Katsuura Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 946 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Media related to Katsuura Station at Wikimedia Commons
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