Mobara Station

Mobara Station (茂原駅, Mobara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Mobara Station

茂原駅
Mobara Station south exit in 2016
Location1 Machibo, Mobara-shi, Chiba-ken 297-0022
Japan
Coordinates35.4269°N 140.304°E / 35.4269; 140.304
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Sotobō Line
Distance34.3 km from Chiba
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened17 April 1897
Previous namesMohara (until 1935)
Passengers
FY201910,901 daily
Location
Mobara Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Mobara Station
Mobara Station (Japan)

Lines

Mobara Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 34.3 km from the starting point of the line at Chiba Station. Limited express Wakashio services from Tokyo to Awa-Kamogawa stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists a two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Sotobō Line for Soga, Chiba, Kaihimmakuhari, and Tokyo
2 ■ Sotobō Line for Soga, Chiba, Kaihimmakuhari, and Tokyo
3 ■ Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa
4 ■ Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Sotobō Line
Ōami Wakashio Kazusa-Ichinomiya
Ōami[note 1] Commuter Rapid
Rapid		 Kazusa-Ichinomiya[note 2]
Shin-Mobara Local Yatsumi
  1. Some rapid trains also stop at Shin- Mobara, Hon-no, and Nagata stations.
  2. Some rapid trains also stop at Yatsumi station.

History

Mobara Station opened on April 17, 1897 as Mohara Station (茂原駅, Mohara-eki) on the Bōsō Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1907. From 1909-1926 it was also the terminal of the Chōnan-Mobara-Kan Jinsha Kidō (庁南茂原間人車軌道), a human-powdered railway extending to Chōnan, Chiba. On August 1, 1930, the station became the terminus of the Nansō Railway (南総鉄道, Nansō Tetsudō), which became the Sotobō Line from 1939. It was renamed to its present name on July 10, 1935. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,901 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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