Chikura Station

Chikura Station 千倉駅
Chikura Station
Location	2079 Chikura-chō Seto, Minamibōsō, Chiba （千葉県南房総市千倉町瀬戸2079） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Uchibō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1921
Traffic

Passengers (FY2009)	558 daily

Chikura Station (千倉駅, Chikura-eki) is a railway station in Minamibōsō, Chiba Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Chikura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 96.6 km from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a "Midori-no-madoguchi" ticket office and a local tourist information desk.

Platforms

1	■ Uchibō Line	for Tateyama, Kimitsu, Kisarazu, and Chiba
2	■ Uchibō Line	for Awa-Kamogawa
3	■ Uchibō Line	for Tateyama, Kimitsu, Kisarazu, and Chiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Uchibō Line
Kokonoe		Local	Chitose

History

Chikura Station opened on June 1, 1921. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in February 2007.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chikura Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Uchibō Line

Chiba Hon-Chiba Soga Hamano Yawatajuku Goi Anegasaki Nagaura Sodegaura Iwane Kisarazu Kimitsu Aohori Ōnuki Sanukimachi Kazusa-Minato Takeoka Hamakanaya Hota Awa-Katsuyama Iwai Tomiura Nakofunakata Tateyama Kokonoe Chikura Chitose Minamihara Wadaura Emi Futomi Awa-Kamogawa

Coordinates: 34°58′36.16″N 139°57′17.2″E / 34.9767111°N 139.954778°E / 34.9767111; 139.954778

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