Mikado Station

Mikado Station 三門駅
Mikado Station
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Isumi
Neighborhood etc.	Hiari 2445
Postal code	298 - 0002
(in Japanese)	千葉県いすみ市日在2445
History
Year opened	1903
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line
Statistics	123 passengers/day (2009)

Mikado Station (三門駅, Mikado-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 53.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Mikado Station was opened on August 16, 1903 as a freight station on the Boso Railway. Scheduled passenger operations began from January 14, 1905. On September 1, 1907, the Boso Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1972. In 1985, the station building was torn down, and replaced by a modified freight container. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987. The station building burned down on November 30, 2005 and was replaced by the current structure.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line

Station layout

Mikado Station has a single side platform connected to a station building constructed out of two modified freight containers. The platform is short, and can handle trains with a maximum length of eight cars.

Platform

Adjacent stations

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External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information

Coordinates: 35°16′57″N 140°23′30″E / 35.2825°N 140.3917°E / 35.2825; 140.3917