Nagaura Station (Chiba)

Nagaura Station
長浦駅
Nagaura Station south side, March 2014
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Sodegaura
Neighborhood etc. Kuranami
Postal code299-0243
(in Japanese)千葉県袖ケ浦市蔵波
History
Year opened 1947
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Uchibo Line
Statistics 6,613 passengers/day (FY2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

Nagaura Station (長浦駅 Nagaura-eki) is a railway station on the Uchibo Line in Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nagaura Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 20.5 km from the starting point of the Uchibo Line at Soga Station.

Layout

Nagaura Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the wooden station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 Uchibo Line for Kimitsu, Kisarazu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa
2 Uchibō Line for Goi and Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uchibo Line
Anegasaki   Rapid   Sodegaura
Anegasaki   Local   Sodegaura

History

Nagaura Station opened on January 10, 1947, as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Bōsōnishi Line. The line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The Nagaura Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. All express trains began stopping at Sodegaura Station fron October 16, 2004.

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Coordinates: 35°27′01″N 139°59′43″E / 35.45028°N 139.99528°E