Katori Station

Katori Station
香取駅
Station shelter after rebuilding, December 2007
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Katori
Neighborhood etc. 1428 Tsunomiya
Postal code287-0011
(in Japanese)香取市津宮1428
History
Year opened 1931
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Kashima Line
Narita Line
Statistics 232 passengers/day (2006)

Katori Station (香取駅 Katori-eki) is a railway station on the Narita Line in Katori, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Katori Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 43.6 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station. It is also the nominal terminal station for the Kashima Line, although all Kashima Line trains terminate at Sawara Station. The station is unattended.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge to a small single-story station building.

Platforms

1 Narita Line for Sawara, Narita, Sakura, and Chiba
for Sasagawa and Chōshi
Kashima Line for Kashima-Jingū
2 Narita Line Sawara, Narita, Sakura, and Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Narita Line
Sawara Local Suigō
Kashima Line
Sawara Local Jūnikyō

History

Previous station structure, converted from a former freight wagon, May 2005

Katori Station was opened on November 10, 1931. The station building was replaced in 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°53′51″N 140°31′56″E / 35.8976°N 140.5322°E