is a railway station in Asahi, Chiba

Asahi, Chiba

is a city located in northern Chiba, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 69,000 and a population density of 531 persons per km². The total area was 129.91 km².-Geography:...

, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company

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....

 (JR East). It is located 109.2 rail kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station

is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

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History

Kurahashi Station was opened on 1 June 1960 for passenger operations only. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization

Privatization

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 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in December 2008.

Layout

Kurahashi Station has a single side platform

Side 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...

serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

• JR East station information