Sotobō Line

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113 series EMU halting at Chiba Station.
113 series EMU halting at Chiba Station.

Sotobō Line (外房線 Sotobō-sen?) is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company along the Pacific Ocean, on the Eastern shore of the Bōsō Peninsula. It runs from Chiba Station in Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in Kamogawa, passing through Ōami-Shirasato, Mobara, Chōsei, Ichinomiya, Isumi, Onjuku, and Katsuura. The line is connected on both ends to the Uchibō Line.

[edit] Trains

On this line, Limited Express and Rapid (Commuter Rapid) trains run.

Tokyo - (Keiyo Line) - Soga - Awa-Kamogawa Station
(some of them are turned to local train between Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa

[edit] Station List

  • Regular trains are local and stop at every station.
Station Name Japanese Distance (km) Rapid/
Commuter Rapid		 LTD. Express
Wakashio		 Connecting Lines City/Ward
(in Chiba)
Chiba 千葉 0.0 X
(run through Tokyo on Sōbu Line (Rapid) and Yokosuka Line)		 run through Tokyo on Keiyo Line East JR: Sōbu Main Line (includes its Sōbu Line (Rapid) and Chūō-Sōbu Line)


Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1, Line 2
Keisei Electric Railway: Chiba Line (at Keisei Chiba)

 Chūō-ku, Chiba
Hon-Chiba 本千葉 1.4  
Soga 蘇我 3.8 X X[1] East JR: Uchibō Line, Keiyō Line (run through for those lines)
Kamatori 鎌取 8.8 X   Midori-ku, Chiba
Honda 誉田 12.6 X  
Toke 土気 18.1 X (X)[2]  
Ōami 大網 22.9 X X East JR: Togane Line (partry through) Ōamishirasato
Nagata 永田 25.3  
Honnō 本納 27.7   Mobara
Shin-Mobara 新茂原 31.4  
Mobara 茂原 34.3 X X[3]  
Yatsumi 八積 38.9   Chōsei
Kazusa-Ichinomiya 上総一ノ宮 43.0 X
(almost terminus)		 X[4]   Ichinomiya
Torami 東浪見 46.2 X  
Taitō 太東 49.3 X   Isumi
Chōjamachi 長者町 52.1 X  
Mikado 三門 53.7 X  
Ōhara 大原 57.2 X X Isumi Railway: Isumi Line
Namihana 浪花 60.5 X  
Onjuku 御宿 65.4 X (X)[5]   Onjuku
Katsuura 勝浦 70.9 X
(Terminus)		 X[6]   Katasuura
Ubara 鵜原 74.5    
Kazusa-Okitsu 上総興津 77.2 (X)[7]  
Namegawa-Island 行川アイランド 80.5  
Awa-Kominato 安房小湊 84.3 X   Kamogawa
Awa-Amatsu 安房天津 87.7  
Awa-Kamogawa 安房鴨川駅 93.3 X East JR: Uchibō Line
  1. ^ Some Rapid, Commuter Rapid and Local trains run through Keiyo Line.
  2. ^ On morning to Tokyo, on evening from Tokyo.
  3. ^ Partly terminus.
  4. ^ Partly terminus.
  5. ^ Someof them pass here.
  6. ^ Partly terminus, or turn to/from Local.
  7. ^ Some of them pass here.
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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
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■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
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