Shin-Mobara Station
Shin-Mobara Station 新茂原駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Shin-Mobara Station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Nagao 2667, Mobara-shi, Chiba-ken 297-0073 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°26′58″N 140°18′00″E / 35.4495°N 140.3001°E / 35.4495; 140.3001 | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sotobō Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 31.4 km from Chiba | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1955 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 1,259 daily | |||||||||||||||
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  Shin-Mobara Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Shin-Mobara Station Shin-Mobara Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Shin-Mobara Station (新茂原駅, Shin-Mobara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Shin-Mobara Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 31.4 km (19.5 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to a one-story station building. The station is staffed.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Mobara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Ōami, Soga, Chiba |
History
Shin-Mobara Station was opened on 1 September 1955 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways. Freight operations began on 1 December 1981, with the construction of a spur line to the nearby Mitsui Kagagu Ichihara factory. The station joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, with freight operations coming under the control of the Japan Freight Railway Company. Freight container operations began from October 1994, but were discontinued in March 1996 and all freight operations ceased from 1 April 1999.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,259 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
National Route 128- Mitsui Chemical - Mobara factory
See also
References
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links
Media related to Shin-Mobara Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)