Kazusa-Matsuoka Station
Kazusa-Matsuoka Station (上総松丘駅, Kazusa-Matsuoka-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kazusa-Matsuoka Station 上総松丘駅 | |
|---|---|
 Kazusa-Matsuoka Station | |
| Location | Hiraoka 1692, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0503 Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°15′28.24″N 140°3′50.42″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East |
| Line(s) | ■ Kururi Line |
| Distance | 28.3 km from Kisarazu |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | March 25, 1936 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2006 | 81 daily |
| Location | |
  Kazusa-Matsuoka Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Kazusa-Matsuoka Station Kazusa-Matsuoka Station (Japan) | |
Lines
Kazusa-Matsuoka Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 28.3 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station formerly also had an island platform, 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.
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 of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 81 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
National Route 410
National Route 465- Senbon Castle ruins
See also
References
- 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.
External links
Media related to Kazusa-Matsuoka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)