is a passenger

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in the town of

Kyonan 250px, View of Hota from Mount Nokogiri is a town located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,409 in 3543 households and a population density of 160 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography ...

, Awa District,

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

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, operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East). However, it is still a staffed station.

Lines

Hota Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located from the western terminus of the line at

Soga Station is a junction railway station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and the all-freight Keiyō ...

Station layout

The station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station used to have a '' Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office, but it was closed on January 31, 2021.

Platforms

History

Hota Station was opened on August 1, 1917. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 218 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

References

External links

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JR East Station information
Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917 Uchibō Line Kyonan {{Chiba-railstation-stub