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 pre ...
located in the city of
Mobara
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 88,330 in 40,869 households and a population density of 880 persons per km². The total area of the city is
Geography
Mobara is located in an inland area of north-c ...
,
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 ...
Japan
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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).
Lines
Mobara Station is served by the
Sotobō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, on the eastern (i.e., outer) side of the Bōsō Peninsula. It connects Chiba Station in Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in Kamo ...
, and is located from the starting point of the line at
Chiba Station
is a railway station in Chiba, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Chiba Urban Monorail.
Lines
Chiba Station is served by the following lines.
JR East
*Sobu Main Line
** Chūō-Sōbu Line
** Sobu Line (Rapi ...
. Limited express ''
Wakashio
The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from to and on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture.
Station stops
''Wakashio'' services operate over the Keiyo Line and S ...
'' services from Tokyo to stop at this station.
Station layout
The station consists of two elevated
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
s serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Talking reserved-seat ticket machines(話せる指定席券売機).
Platforms
History
Mobara Station opened on 17 April 1897, as on the Bōsō Railway. It was absorbed into the
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...
on 1 September 1907. From 1909 to 1926 it was also the terminal of the , a human-powered railway extending to
Chōnan, Chiba. On 1 August 1930, the station became the terminus of the , which became the Sotobō Line from 1939. It was renamed to its present name on 10 July 1935. It joined the JR East network upon the
privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
of the
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
(JNR) on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,901 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
*
* Chosei Municipal HospitalMobara City Hall
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It ...
References
External links
JR East Station information
{{Sotobo Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897
Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture
Sotobō Line
Stations of East Japan Railway Company
Mobara