Namegawa Island Station
Namegawa Island Station 行川アイランド駅 | |
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 Namegawa Island Station | |
| Location |
Hamanamegawa 606, Katsuura, Chiba （千葉県勝浦市浜行川606） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Sotobō Line |
| Connections |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2006) | 19 daily |
Namegawa Island Station (行川アイランド駅 Namegawa-Airando-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 80.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.
History
Namegawa Island Station was opened as a seasonal station on July 2, 1970 to cater to the summer tourist traffic to the nearby Namegawa Island Amusement Park. A number of express trains began stopping at the station from July 18, 1970. The station was upgraded to a year-around station from April 1, 1987, but was made unattended at the same time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station became a kan'i itaku station in 1990. However, with the closure of the Namekawa Island Amusement Park on August 31, 2001, the station was again unattended, and express trains services were discontinued. The station building was remodeled in January 2008.
Lines
Station layout
Namegawa Island Station has one side platforms serving bidirectional traffic.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Sotobō Line | Awa-Kamogawa, Katsuura, Mobara, Soga, Chiba |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Sotobō Line | ||||
| Limited Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Kazusa-Okitsu | Local | Awa-Kominato | ||
Coordinates: 35°07′05″N 140°13′38″E / 35.1181°N 140.2272°E
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External links
- (Japanese) JR East Station information