Wadaura Station 和田浦駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō-shi Chiba-ken 299-2703 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°02′30″N 140°01′11″E / 35.0418°N 140.0197°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 106.8km from Soga | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | December 20, 1922 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 94 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Wadaura Station (和田浦駅, Wadaura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Wadaura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 106.8 km (66.4 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
The station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
1 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Tateyama, Kisarazu, and Chiba |
2 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Awa-Kamogawa, Mobara, and Chiba |
Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A whale-shaped station building was completed in 1995.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 94 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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