Kisarazu Station

Kisarazu Station
木更津駅
West side of Kisarazu Station, March 2014
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Kisarazu
Neighborhood etc. 1 Fujimi
Postal code292-0831
(in Japanese)千葉県木更津市富士見一丁目
History
Year opened 1912
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Uchibō Line
Kururi Line
Statistics 13,866 passengers/day (FY2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

Kisarazu Station (木更津駅 Kisarazu-eki) is a railway station in Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kisarazu Station is served by the Uchibō Line and Kururi Line. It is 31.3 kilometers from the starting point of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station and forms the eastern terminus of the Kururi Line.

Station layout

View of train track layout
East side, March 2009

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 Uchibō Line for Goi and Chiba
2 Uchibō Line for bi-directional traffic
3 Uchibō Line for Kimitsu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa
4 Kururi Line for Kururi and Kazusa-Kameyama

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uchibō Line
Sodegaura Rapid Kimitsu
Iwane Local Kimitsu
Kururi Line
Terminus Rapid Gion

History

Kisarazu Station opened on August 21, 1912.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 618. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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Coordinates: 35°22′53.9″N 139°55′34.43″E / 35.381639°N 139.9262306°E