Taitō Station
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Taitō Station 太東駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Taitō Station in July 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Shiigi, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 299-4501 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E / 35.3198; 140.3812 | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sotobō Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 49.3 km from Chiba | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 December 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 436 | |||||||||||||||
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  Taitō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Taitō Station Taitō Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Taitō Station (太東駅, Taitō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 49.3 km (30.6 mi) from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2 | ■ Sotobō Line | bi-directional traffic |
| 3 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, and Chiba |
History
Taitō Station was opened on 13 December 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway.[citation needed] On 1 September 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 436 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Taitō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)