Yotsukaidō Station
Encyclopedia
is a railway station in Yotsukaidō
, Chiba Prefecture
, Japan
, operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East). It is located 46.9 rail kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station
.
, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1974. A new elevated station building was completed in December 1981. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization
of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2002.
and an island platform
connected by an overpass.
Yotsukaido, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the town had an estimated population of 86,911 and a population density of 2500 persons per 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...
, 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 46.9 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....
.
History
Yotsukaidō Station was opened on December 9, 1894 as a station on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On September 1, 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalisedNationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1974. A new elevated station building was completed in December 1981. 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 April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2002.
Layout
Yotsukaidō Station has a single 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...
and an island platform
Island 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 by an overpass.
Platforms
| 0 | Sōbu Main Line・Narita Line | ||
| Narita Line | , , , | ||
| 1 | Sōbu Main Line・Narita Line | Chiba・・ | |
| 2 | Sōbu Main Line | Sakura・, ・Chōshi | |
| Narita Line | Sakura・Narita・・Sawara・Chōshi・ |