is a passenger

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in the city of Narita, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kuzumi Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 20.0 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station.

Station layout

The station consists of dual opposed

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s connected by a footbridge to a small one-story station building. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Kuzumi Station was opened on July 1, 1901 as a station on the Narita Railway for both passenger and freight operations. The Narita Railway was nationalised on September 1, 1920, becoming 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 ...

(JGR). After World War II, the JGR became 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). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1970, and a new station building was completed in 1980. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 809 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)..

Surrounding area

* Narita Municipal Kuzumi Junior High School * Narita Municipal Kuzumi Elementary School * Kuzumi Post Office

References

External links

JR East station information
Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902 Railway stations in Narita, Chiba {{Chiba-railstation-stub