Sodegaura Station

Sodegaura Station
袖ケ浦駅
The north side of Sodegaura Station, October 2014
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Sodegaura
Neighborhood etc. Narawa
Postal code299-0263
(in Japanese)千葉県袖ヶ浦市奈良輪
History
Year opened 1912
Former name Naraha Station
Present name since 1974
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Uchibo Line
Statistics 3,891 passengers/day (FY2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

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

Lines

Sodegaura Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 24.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

Sodegaura 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 Uchibo Line for Goi and Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uchibō Line
Nagaura   Rapid   Kisarazu
Nagaura Local Iwane

History

The station entrance in June 2008 before rebuilding

The station opened on August 21, 1913 as Naraha Station (楢葉駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisarazu Line. On May 24, 1919, the line became the Hōjō Line, on April 15, 1929, it became the Bōsō Line, and on April 1, 1933, it became the Bōsōnishi Line. It became part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Sodegaura Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

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Coordinates: 35°25′55″N 139°57′28″E / 35.4320°N 139.9577°E