Tateyama Station (館山駅, Tateyama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Tateyama Station 館山駅 | |||||||||||
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 Tateyama Station in May 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1887 Hōjō, Tateyama-shi, Chiba-ken 294-0045 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°59′44″N 139°51′42″E / 34.9956°N 139.8618°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 85.9 km from Soga | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 24, 1919 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Awa-Hōjō (until 1946) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 1599 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editTateyama Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 85.9 km from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one side platform and one island platforms serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Chikura and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2/3 | ■ Uchibō Line | for Kimitsu, Kisarazu, and Chiba |
History
editThe station opened on May 24, 1919, as Awa-Hōjō Station (安房北条駅) on what was then called the Hōjō Line. The Hōjō Line was merged with the Bōsō Line in 1927. The station was renamed to its current name on March 1, 1946. Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 15, 1982.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 1999.[citation needed]
Bus terminal
editHighway buses
edit- Boso Nanohana; For Tokyo Station[1]
- Shinjuku Nanohana; For Shinjuku Station[1]
- Nanso Satomi; For Kisarazu-Hatorino, Soga Station, Chiba Station, Chiba-Chūō Station, and Chiba-Minato Station[2]
Route buses
editPassenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1599 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
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National Route 127
National Route 128
National Route 410- Tateyama Port
- Tateyama City Hall
- JMSDF Tateyama Air Base
- Chiba Prefectural Awa High School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b デジタル時刻表｜ジェイアールバス関東 [Digital Timetable - JR Bus Kanto]. time.jrbuskanto.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ 千葉みなと駅・千葉中央駅・千葉駅～館山駅・白浜・野島崎 ｜ 高速バス ｜ 京成バス [Chiba-Minato Sta./Chiba-Chuo Sta./Chiba Sta. - Tateyama Sta./Shirahama/Nojimazaki｜Highway Bus｜Keisei Bus]. www.keiseibus.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ 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 Tateyama Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)