Ōto Station

Ōto Station 大戸駅
File:Ooto-station-crossoverbridge.jpg Ōto Station
Location	Ōtogawa 11, Katori, Chiba （香取市大戸川11） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Narita Line
History
Opened	1926
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	243 daily

Ōto Station (大戸駅, Ōto-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 36.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station.

History

Ōto Station was opened on April 1, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both passenger and freight operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1970. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt from 2007-2011.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Narita Line

Layout

Ōto Station has a single island platform connected to the neighboring streets by an overpass. There is no station building.

Platforms

1	■ Narita Line	For Narita, Sakura, Chiba
2	■ Narita Line	For Sawara, Chōshi, Kashima-Jingu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Narita Line
Shimōsa-Kōzaki		-	Sawara

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)