Wadaura Station (和田浦駅, Wadaura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Wadaura Station 和田浦駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Wadaura Station in April 2007 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō-shi Chiba-ken 299-2703 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35.0418°N 140.0197°E / 35.0418; 140.0197 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 106.8km from Soga | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 20, 1922 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 94 | ||||||||||
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Wadaura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 106.8 km from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
The station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
1 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Tateyama, Kisarazu, and Chiba |
2 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Awa-Kamogawa, Mobara, and Chiba |
Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A whale-shaped station building was completed in 1995.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 94 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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