is a passenger railway station located in

Midori-ku, Chiba is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2016, the ward had an estimated population of 127,368 and a population density of 1920 persons per km². The total area was . Geography Midori Ward is locat ...

, Japan operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Toke 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 Kamog ...

, and is located 18.1 km from the terminus 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 ...

. Some

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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.JR Timetable, August 2011 issue, p.110

Station layout

This station consists of a single island platform, serving two tracks, with an elevated station building built over the tracks and platforms. The station is staffed.

Platform

History

Toke Station opened on November 1, 1896 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was

nationalized Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

and became part of the

Japanese Government Railway 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 ...

s, which was transformed into the

Japan 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) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station building was enlarged in January 1979, with the construction of the south exit. A new station building was completed in August 1986. The station became part of the JR East network upon

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of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,078 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Chiba Showa-no-mori Park *

Hoki Museum is located in Midori-ku, Chiba, Japan. It opened on 3 November 2010 and is the country's first museum dedicated to Realist painting. The collection of over three hundred works includes pieces by and . Tomohiko Yamanashi & Taro Nakamoto (Nik ...

* Toke High School * Birds Mall

References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Sotobo Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Sotobō Line Railway stations in Chiba (city)