Sotobō Line

Sotobō Line

E257-500 series EMU on a Sotobō Line Wakashio limited express service, November 2006
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Locale Chiba Prefecture
Termini Chiba
Awa-Kamogawa
Stations 27
Operation
Opened 1896
Operator(s) JR East
Depot(s) Chiba
Technical
Line length 93.3 km (58.0 mi)
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 110 km/h (70 mph)
Route map

Sotobō Line (外房線 Sotobō-sen?) is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) along the Pacific Ocean, on the eastern (i.e., outer) 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.

Trains

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

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

Station list

Station Name Japanese Distance (km) Rapid/
Commuter Rapid
Limited Express
Wakashio
Connecting Lines City/Ward
(in Chiba)
Chiba 千葉 0.0 X
(to/from Tokyo on Sōbu Line (Rapid) and Yokosuka Line)
to/from Tokyo on Keiyō Line Sōbu Main Line
Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1, Line 2
Keisei Chiba Line (at Keisei Chiba)
Chūō-ku, Chiba
Hon-Chiba 本千葉 1.4  
Soga 蘇我 3.8 X X
(Some Rapid, Commuter Rapid and Local trains run through Keiyō Line)
Uchibō Line, Keiyō Line (through-running)
Kamatori 鎌取 8.8 X   Midori-ku, Chiba
Honda 誉田 12.6 X  
Toke 土気 18.1 X (X)  
Ōami 大網 22.9 X X Togane Line 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  
Yatsumi 八積 38.9   Chōsei
Kazusa-Ichinomiya 上総一ノ宮 43.0 X
X   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 Line
Namihana 浪花 60.5 X  
Onjuku 御宿 65.4 X (X)   Onjuku
Katsuura 勝浦 70.9 X X   Katsuura
Ubara 鵜原 74.5    
Kazusa-Okitsu 上総興津 77.2 (X)  
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 Uchibō Line