Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (上総清川駅, Kazusa-Kiyokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station

上総清川駅
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station platform, April 2008
LocationSugō 799, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0051
Japan
Coordinates35°23′27.73″N 139°57′56.29″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Kururi Line
Distance4.2 km from Kisarazu
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 28, 1912
Previous namesKiyokawa (until 1923)
Passengers
FY2006254 daily
Location
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 4.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platform
1 ■ Kururi Line Kisarazu
Kazusa-Kameyama

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Kururi Line
Gion - Higashi-Kiyokawa

History

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as Kiyokawa Station (清川駅, Kiyokawa-eki) on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923 at which time the station name was changed to its present name. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The original station building was destroyed in typhoon in 2004 and replaced with the current structure.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 254 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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