Awa-Kamogawa Station

Awa-Kamogawa Station 安房鴨川駅
File:JR Awakamogawa sta 001.jpg Awa-Kamogawa Station
Location	Yokosuka, Kamogawa, Chiba （千葉県鴨川市横渚） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line Uchibō Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	1,678 daily

Awa-Kamogawa Station (安房鴨川駅, Awa-Kamogawa-eki) is a railway station in central Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Awa-Kamogawa Station is served by the Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line, and forms the terminating point of both lines. It is located 97.3 km from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station and 119.4 km from the northern terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks for the Sotobō Line, and one side platform serving the Uchibō Line. The station shares the distinction with Kamaishi Station and Kagoshima Station of being one of only three stations in Japan serving as the terminus of two lines, with only up traffic. The station building is on the east side. There is also a west exit near to Aeon and Kamogawa City Hall connected to east one with a bridge.

Platforms

1/2	■ Sotobō Line	for Katsuura and Chiba
	■ Limited express Wakashio	for Kaihin-Makuhari and Tokyo
	■ Limited express Shinjuku Wakashio	for Kinshichō and Shinjuku
3	■ Uchibō Line	for Tateyama, Kisarazu, and Chiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Awa-Amatsu		Limited express Wakashio		Terminus
Awa-Amatsu		Local		Terminus
Uchibō Line
Futomi		Local		Terminus

History

Awa-Kamogawa Station opened on July 11, 1925 as a station on the Hōjō Line. The Hōjō Line was merged into the Bōsō Line in 1929, and the Bōsō Line itself was divided into the Bōsō-East and Bōsō-West Lines on April 1, 1933. These lines were renamed on July 15, 1972 to the Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line.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 August 2006.

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)