Taitō Station
Taitō Station 太東駅 | |
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 Taitō Station | |
| Location |
Shiigi, Isumi, Chiba （千葉県いすみ市岬町椎木） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Sotobō Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2009) | 614 daily |
Taitō Station (太東駅 Taitō-eki) is a railway station on the Sotobō Line in Isumi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 49.3 km from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
Taitō Station has a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge.
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 |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Sotobō Line | ||||
| Limited Express: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Torami | Rapid | Chōjamachi | ||
| Torami | Local | Chōjamachi | ||
History
Taitō Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 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. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.
See also
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taitō Station. |
- JR East Station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E