is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
in the city of
Kimitsu
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 83,058 in 39,138 households and a population density of 260 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kimitsu is located in the southweste ...
,
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 t ...
,
Japan, operated by the
East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Kazusa-Matsuoka Station is a station on the
Kururi Line
The is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kisarazu Station in Kisarazu to Kazusa-Kameyama Station in Kimitsu. The railway route extends through three cities, Kimitsu ...
, and is located 28.3 km from the
terminus
Terminus may refer to:
* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
* Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination
Geography
*Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United ...
of the line at
Kisarazu Station
is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, 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 th ...
.
Station layout
The station consists of a single
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
serving bidirectional traffic. The station formerly also had an
island platform
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, the overgrown ruins of which can still be seen to one side of the existing side platform. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of three carriages or less. The station is unattended.
Platform
History
Kazusa-Matsuoka Station was opened on March 25, 1936. It was closed from December 16, 1944 to April 1, 1947. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the
privatization
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of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 81 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
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* Senbon Castle ruins
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
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Railway stations
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References
External links
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JR East Station information
Kururi Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1936
Kimitsu
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