Omigawa Station

Omigawa Station
小見川駅
Omigawa Station building
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Katori
Neighborhood etc. Omigawa 1316
Postal code289 - 0313
(in Japanese)香取市小見川1316
History
Year opened 1931
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Narita Line
Statistics 1284 passengers/day (2006)

Omigawa Station (小見川駅 Omigawa-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Tōnoshō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 52.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station.

History

Omigawa Station was opened on November 10, 1931 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both freight and passenger operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1974. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

Layout

Omigawa Station has dual opposed side platforms connected by an overpass to a wooden, single-story station building.

Platforms

1 Narita Line For Chōshi
2 Narita Line For Sawara, Narita, Sakura, Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Narita Line
Suigo - Sasagawa

External links

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Coordinates: 35°51′00″N 140°36′16″E / 35.8499°N 140.6045°E