18-601: The Uchibō Line ( 内房線 , Uchibō-sen ) is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to Tokyo Bay , paralleling the western (i.e., inner) shore of the Bōsō Peninsula . It connects Soga Station in the city of Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in the city of Kamogawa , passing through the municipalities of Chiba, Ichihara , Sodegaura , Kisarazu , Kimitsu , Futtsu , Kyonan , Tateyama , and Minamibōsō . The line
36-670: A Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Awa-Kamogawa Station opened on 11 July 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 1 April 1933. These lines were renamed on 15 July 1972, to the Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon
54-801: A 15% shareholding in West Midlands Trains with Abellio and Mitsui that commenced operating the West Midlands franchise in England in December 2017. JR East sold their stake to Abellio in September 2021. The same consortium were also listed to be bidding for the South Eastern franchise . Awa-Kamogawa Station Awa-Kamogawa Station ( 安房鴨川駅 , Awa-Kamogawa-eki ) is a junction passenger railway station in
72-747: A wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002. Following the breakup, JR East ran the operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area , the Tōhoku region , and surrounding areas. Railway lines of JR East primarily serve the Kanto and Tohoku regions , along with adjacent areas in Kōshin'etsu region ( Niigata , Nagano , Yamanashi ) and Shizuoka prefectures . The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen
90-556: Is a front for a revolutionary political organization called the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction) . An investigation of this is ongoing. The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture". The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation. JR East held
108-729: Is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon ( JR東日本 , Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon ) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi , Shibuya , Tokyo , next to Shinjuku Station . It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in
126-754: Is connected at both ends to the Sotobō Line . The name of the Uchibō Line in the Japanese language is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 内 , means "inner" and the second, 房 is the first character of the Bōsō. The name of the line thus refers to its location along the inner part of the Bōsō Peninsula in relation to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, as opposed to the Sotobō Line, "outer Bōsō" which
144-493: Is on the opposite side of the peninsula. South of Kimitsu is single track, and north of Kimitsu is double track. Notes: The Uchibō Line operates local service with trains generally originating and terminating at Chiba Station. Trains headed directly for Tokyo Station merge with the Sotobō Line between Soga and Chiba Stations, and with the Sōbu Main Line between Chiba and Tokyo, while express and commuter trains merge with
162-583: Is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), although it stops at several JR East stations. These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese: 東京近郊区間 ) designated by JR East. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside the Greater Tokyo Area . Below is the full list of limited express and express train services operated on JR East lines as of 2022. During fiscal 2017,
180-539: The Keiyō Line from Soga station. Daytime local service from Chiba to Kisarazu and Kimitsu (sometimes to Kazusa-Minato ) is provided by around 2 round trips per hour. In addition, 1 round trip per hour runs from Kisarazu to Awa-Kamogawa (and to Kazusa-Ichinomiya through the Sotobō Line). Keiyō Line Local, Rapid, and Commuter Rapid trains operate through services on the Uchibō Line between Soga and Kimitsu . In
198-577: The Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West . JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually
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#1732801204727216-956: The Yokosuka Line . Since the October 2004 timetable revision, all trains now stop at Nagaura and Sodegaura stations. The limited express train Sazanami runs from Tokyo Station to Kimitsu (and Tateyama station during busy periods). The limited express View Sazanami formerly ran on the Uchibō Line as well, but it was merged with the Sazanami following the timetable revision on December 10, 2005. The limited express Shinjuku Sazanami runs from Shinjuku to Tateyama on weekends and during peak seasons. Local service Keiyō Line through service Yokosuka Line—Sōbu Line Rapid through service Sazanami and Shinjuku Sazanami Limited Express The Uchibō line began operation in 1912, and
234-588: The Bōsō Line. However, in 1933, the original section between Soga and Awa-Kamogawa Stations again became its own line, this time renamed the Bōsō West Line ( 房総西線 ) , and in 1972 it received its current name. The Soga - Kimitsu section was duplicated between 1964 and 1971, and the entire line was electrified between 1968 and 1971. Individual section dates as given in the Timeline section below. East Japan Railway Company The East Japan Railway Company
252-410: 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. The station has
270-645: The busiest stations in the JR East network by average daily passenger count were: JR East co-sponsors the JEF United Chiba J-League football club , which was formed by a merger between the JR East and Furukawa Electric company teams. JR East aims to reduce its carbon emissions by half, as measured over the period 1990–2030. This would be achieved by increasing the efficiency of trains and company-owned thermal power stations and by developing hybrid trains . The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has stated that JR East's official union
288-501: The city of Kamogawa , Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). 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 (60.5 mi) from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station and 119.4 km (74.2 mi) from the northern terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station . The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks for
306-540: The morning, there are three inbound Rapid and Commuter Rapid trains, and in the evening, there are five outbound Rapid and Commuter Rapid trains and two inbound Local trains. On weekends and holidays, Rapid trains replace the Commuter Rapid trains. One of the inbound morning trains originates from Kazusa-Minato . Trains leaving north from Kimitsu connect directly to the Sōbu Line (Rapid) , with some continuing onto
324-534: Was originally known as the Kisarazu Line ( 木更津線 ) . It operated from Soga Station to Anegasaki Station in Ichihara . Several extensions were built over the next few years, and in 1919 it reached Awa-Hōjō (present day Tateyama ). At this time it was renamed the Hōjō Line ( 北条線 ) . By 1925 it had been extended to its present-day terminus, Awa-Kamogawa Station . In 1929, the Hōjō Line was incorporated into
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