Shimōsa-Tachibana Station
Shimōsa-Tachibana Station 下総橘駅 | |
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| Shimōsa-Tachibana Station building with a gate | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| District | Katori |
| Town | Tōnoshō |
| Neighborhood etc. | Ishide 1791 |
| Postal code | 289 - 0612 |
| (in Japanese) | 香取郡東庄町石出1791 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1933 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Narita Line |
| Statistics | 336 passengers/day (2006) |
Shimōsa-Tachibana Station (下総橘駅 Shimōsa-Tachibana-eki ) is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Tōnoshō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 62.9 kilometres (39.1 mi) from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station.
History
Shimōsa-Tachibana Station was opened on March 11, 1933, as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both freight and passenger operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since March 1, 1972. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Lines
Layout
Shimōsa-Tachibana Station has dual opposed side platforms connected by an overpass to a wooden, single-story station building.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Narita Line | For Chōshi |
| 2 | ■Narita Line | For Sawara, Narita, Sakura, Chiba |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Narita Line | ||||
| Sasagawa | - | Shimōsa-Toyosato | ||
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shimosa-Tachibana Station. |
- JR East station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°49′08″N 140°42′07″E / 35.8189°N 140.7020°E