Awa-Kominato Station (安房小湊駅, Awa-Kominato-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Awa-Kominato Station 安房小湊駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Awa-Kominato Station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Uchiura 403, Kamogawa-shi, Chiba-ken 299-5502 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°07′43″N 140°11′21″E / 35.1287°N 140.1891°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Sotobō Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 111.4 km from Soga | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 April 1929 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 172 | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editAwa-Kominato Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 84.3 km (52.4 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the Kamogawa municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed.
Platform
edit| 1 | ■ Sotobō Line | Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Katsuura, Mobara, Soga, Chiba |
| 3 | ■ Sotobō Line | auxiliary platform |
History
editAmatsu-Kominato Station was opened on 15 April 1929. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 172 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Kominato Elementary School
National Route 128
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
edit Media related to Awa-Kominato Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)