Shimōsa-Toyosato Station
Shimōsa-Toyosato Station 下総豊里駅 | |
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| Shimōsa-Toyosato Station | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Chōshi |
| Neighborhood etc. | Sasamoto-chō 73-4 |
| Postal code | 288 - 0873 |
| (in Japanese) | 銚子市笹本町73-4 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1933 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Narita Line |
| Statistics | 171 passengers/day (2006) |
Shimōsa-Toyosato Station (下総豊里駅 Shimōsa-Toyosato-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 66.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station.
History
Shimōsa-Toyosato 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, 1971. The station has been unattended since March 1, 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 2008.
Lines
Layout
Shimōsa-Toyosato 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 | ||||
| Shimōsa-Tachibana | - | Shiishiba | ||
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shimosa-Toyosato Station. |
- JR East station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°47′34″N 140°43′15″E / 35.7928°N 140.7208°E