Onigoe Station
Encyclopedia
is a railway station operated by Keisei Electric Railway
's Keisei Main Line located in Ichikawa
, Chiba Prefecture
Japan
. It is 20.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station.
connected via an overpass to the station building.
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...
's Keisei Main Line located in Ichikawa
Ichikawa, Chiba
is a city located in northwest Chiba, Japan, approximately 20 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The city was founded on November 3, 1934. As of January 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 474,586 and a density of 8,259.42 persons per km². The total area is 57.46 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 20.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station.
History
Onigoe Station was opened on October 3, 1935 as . The station was renamed to its present name on February 1, 1943.Layout
Onigoe Station has a single island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
connected via an overpass to the station building.