Taitō Station
Taitō Station 太東駅 | |
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| Taitō Station | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Isumi |
| Neighborhood etc. | Shiigi 304 |
| Postal code | 299 - 4501 |
| (in Japanese) | 千葉県いすみ市岬町椎木304 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1899 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Sotobō Line |
| Statistics | 614 passengers/day (2009) |
Taitō Station (太東駅 Taitō-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 49.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.
History
Taitō Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō 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 was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.
Lines
Station layout
Taitō Station has a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by an overpass.
Platform
| 1 | ■Sotobō Line | Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2 | ■Sotobō Line | bi-directional traffic |
| 3 | ■Sotobō Line | For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, Chiba |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Sotobō Line | ||||
| Limited Express: no stop | ||||
| Torami | Rapid | Chōjamachi | ||
| Torami | Local | Chōjamachi | ||
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External links
- (Japanese) JR East Station information
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Coordinates: 35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E