Taitō Station

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Railway station in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

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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 / 35.3198; 140.3812
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; 125 years ago (1899-12-13)
Passengers
FY2019| 436
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Torami

towards Soga

|  | Sotobō Line

Keiyō Rapid

|  | Chōjamachi

towards Katsuura

Torami

towards Soga or Chiba

|  | Sotobō Line

Local

|  | Chōjamachi

towards Awa-Kamogawa

Location

Taitō Station

Location within Chiba Prefecture

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Taitō Station

Taitō Station (Japan)

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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

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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

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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

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1 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa

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2 | ■ Sotobō Line  | bi-directional traffic
3 | ■ Sotobō Line  | for Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, and Chiba

## History

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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

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

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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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.

## External links

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Media related to Taitō Station at Wikimedia Commons

* JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Sotobō Line

* Chiba
* Hon-Chiba
* Soga
* Kamatori
* Honda
* Toke
* Ōami
* Nagata
* Honnō
* Shin-Mobara
* Mobara
* Yatsumi
* Kazusa-Ichinomiya
* Torami
* Taitō
* Chōjamachi
* Mikado
* Ōhara
* Namihana
* Onjuku
* Katsuura
* Ubara
* Kazusa-Okitsu
* Namegawa Island
* Awa-Kominato
* Awa-Amatsu
* Awa-Kamogawa

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