Taitō Station

Location
	Taitō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Taitō Station Taitō Station (Japan)

Taitō Station

太東駅
Taitō Station; 太東駅
	Taitō Station in July 2010
General information
Location	Shiigi, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 299-4501; Japan
Coordinates	35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Sotobō Line
Distance	49.3 km from Chiba
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	13 December 1899; 124 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	436
Services
Location
Location
	Taitō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Taitō Station Taitō Station (Japan)

Taitō Station (太東駅, Taitō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 49.3 km (30.6 mi) from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platform

1	■ Sotobō Line	for Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa
2	■ Sotobō Line	bi-directional traffic
3	■ Sotobō Line	for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, and Chiba

History

Taitō Station was opened on 13 December 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway.^{[citation needed]} On 1 September 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 436 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Taitō Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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