Soga Station

Soga Station 蘇我駅
File:Soga Station West.jpg West exit, December 2011
Location	2 Imai, Chūō, Chiba, Chiba （千葉県千葉市中央区今井二丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company
Line(s)	Uchibō Line, Sotobō Line, Keiyō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1896
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	38,945 daily

Soga station (蘇我駅, Soga-eki) is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines

Soga station is served by the following three JR East lines.

• Sotobō Line
• Uchibō Line
• Keiyō Line

It is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station. It is 43.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station.

The station is also the starting point of the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line. There is a direct connection between the trains of the Rinkai Main Line and JR trains.

Station layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms and a total of six passenger lines. Freight lines are located to the side of the first platform, and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway office is located to the side of these. The station is staffed with personnel from both companies. It includes a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

File:Rail Tracks map around Soga Station.svg

Track layout

1	■Uchibō Line, ■Sotobō Line	for Chiba and Tokyo
2	■Uchibō Line, ■Sotobō Line	for Chiba and Tokyo
	■from the Uchibo Line and the Sotobo Line to the Keiyō Line	for Kaihin-Makuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and Tokyo
3・4	■Keiyō Line (starting Soga)	for Kaihin-Makuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and Tokyo
5	■Uchibō Line	for Goi, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa (including through trains from the Keiyo Line)
	■Sotobō Line	for Ōami, Togane, Naruto, Mobara, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa (including through trains from the Keiyo Line)
6	■Sotobō Line	for Ōami, Togane, Naruto, Mobara, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
	■Uchibō Line	for Goi, Kisarazu, Kimitsu, Tateyama, and Awa-Kamogawa

• Lines 3 and 4 terminate at this station.
• During the morning rush hour and certain other times, two different trains bound for Tokyo, namely the train connecting to the Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobō Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihin-Makuhari and Shin-Kiba) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Keiyō Line
Shin-Kiba		Commuter Rapid		Hamano Kamatori
Chiba-Minato		Rapid		Hamano Kamatori
Chiba-Minato		Local		Hamano Kamatori
Sotobō Line
Hon-Chiba		Rapid		Kamatori
Hon-Chiba		Local		Kamatori
Uchibō Line
Chiba		Special Rapid		Goi
Hon-Chiba		Rapid		Hamano
Hon-Chiba		Local		Hamano

History

Soga Station opened on January 20, 1896. The station became part of JR East on the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The Keiyō Line opened on December 1, 1988.

Bus routes

• Chiba Chuo Bus
• Kominato Tetsudō Bus
• Askabus
• Keikyu Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudo Bus))

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)