Hamano Station

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Hamano station (浜野駅, Hamano-eki^?) is a train station on the Uchibō Line operated by the East Japan Railway Company, located in Hamanochō, Chūō-ku, Chiba.

Contents 1 Station Layout 2 Usage 3 Surroundings 4 History 5 Other 6 Adjacent Stations

[edit] Station Layout

Hamano station is an above-ground station with an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. There are plans, expected to begin in November of 2007, to extend the platform length to facilitate stopping of high speed trains. The station has east and west exits, is managed directly, has MARS computer terminals, automatic ticket machines, and automatic ticket gates.

[edit] Usage

In 2005, there were approximately 5,443 passengers per day using Hamano station.

[edit] Surroundings

• National Highway Route 16
• starting point of National Highway Route 357
• Chiba Prefectural Oihama High School
• Chiba Municipal Oihama Elementary School
• Chiba Municipal Oihama West Elementary School
• Chiba Municipal Oihama East Elementary School
• Hamano Kindergarten

[edit] History

• Mar 28, 1912 - opens as a station on the JNR Kisarazu line.
• May 24, 1919 - Kisarazu Line renamed Hōjō line.
• Apr 15, 1929 - Hōjō line renamed Bōsō line.
• Apr 1, 1933 - Bōsō line from Soga to Awa-Kamogawa is renamed Bōsō West Line.
• Jul 15, 1972 - Bōsō West Line renamed Uchibō Line.
• Apr 1, 1987 - acquired by East Japan Railway Company following the division and privatization of JNR.

[edit] Other

Though currently only local trains stop at Hamano station, after schedule changes take effect in December 2007, express trains connecting directly to the Keiyō Line and Sōbu Line will stop at this station.

[edit] Adjacent Stations

«		Service		»
Soga		Uchibō Line		Yawatajuku