Jūnikyō Station
Encyclopedia
is a railway station operated by JR East
’s Kashima Line located in Katori
, Chiba Prefecture
, Japan
. It is 3.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Kashima Line at Katori Station
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of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
s on either side of an elevated rail track. The platforms are connected by an underpass. There is a small weather shelter on the platform, but no station building. The station is unattended.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
’s Kashima Line located in Katori
Katori, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 82,633 and a population density of 315 persons per km². The total area was 262.31 km²...
, Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is 3.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Kashima Line at Katori Station
Katori Station
is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 43.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station...
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History
Jūnikyō Station was opened on August 20, 1970 as a passenger station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatizationPrivatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Layout
Jūnikyō Station is an elevated station, with short opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s on either side of an elevated rail track. The platforms are connected by an underpass. There is a small weather shelter on the platform, but no station building. The station is unattended.