Higashi-Yokota Station
Higashi-Yokota Station 東横田駅 | |
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| Higashi-Yokota Station | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Sodegaura |
| Neighborhood etc. | Yokota 442 |
| Postal code | 299 - 0236 |
| (in Japanese) | 千葉県袖ケ浦市横田442 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1937 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East |
| Line(s) | Kururi Line |
| Statistics | 156 passengers/day (2006) |
Higashi-Yokota Station (東横田駅 Higashi-Yokota-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Kururi Line located in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 10.8 kilometers from the western terminus of the Kururi Line at Kisarazu Station.
History
Higashi-Yokota Station was opened on April 20, 1937. The station was closed on January 20, 1947, but was reopened on April 1, 1958. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in January 2007.
Lines
Station layout
Higashi-Yokota Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of four carriages or less. The station is unattended.
Platform
| 1 | ■Kururi Line | For Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Kururi Line | ||||
| Yokota | - | Makuta | ||
External links
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- (Japanese) JR East Station information
Coordinates: 35°23′10.51″N 140°2′11.33″E / 35.3862528°N 140.0364806°E
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