Fukutawara Station (福俵駅, Fukutawara-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tōgane, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Fukutawara Station 福俵駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Platform of Fukutuwara Station in October 2008 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Fukutawara 62, Tōgane-shi, Chiba-ken 283-0812 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°32′47″N 140°20′31″E / 35.5463°N 140.3419°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Tōgane Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 3.8 km from Ōami | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | March 1, 1938 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1941-1954 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2006 | 578 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editFukutawara Station is served by the Tōgane Line between Ōami and Narutō, and is located 3.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōami Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. There is a rain shelter built on the platform, but no station building. The platform is short, and can only handle trains up to six cars long. The station is unattended.
History
editFukutawara Station opened on March 1, 1938, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was closed from August 10, 1941 to October 1, 1954.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 578 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 千葉県統計年鑑(平成19年) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Fukutawara Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)