Taitō Station ( 太東駅 , Taitō-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi , Chiba Prefecture Japan , operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
6-505: Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line , and lies 49.3 km (30.6 mi) from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station . The station consists of a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Taitō Station was opened on 13 December 1899 as a station on
12-847: Is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to the Pacific Ocean , on the eastern (i.e., outer) side of the Bōsō Peninsula . It connects Chiba Station in Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in Kamogawa , passing through Ōamishirasato , Mobara , Chōsei , Ichinomiya , Isumi , Onjuku , and Katsuura . The line is connected to the Uchibō Line at both ends. South of Kazusa-Ichinomiya
18-685: Is single track, and north of Kazusa-Ichinomiya is double track. In addition to local services, limited express and Rapid services run on this line. Keiyō Line Sōbu Line (Rapid) and Yokosuka Line (Weekends only) JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB39) ■ Sōbu Main Line ■ Narita Line Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1, Line 2 KS Keisei Chiba Line ( Keisei Chiba : KS59) ■ Uchibō Line Local service Keiyō Line through service Between Soga and Katsuura : Sōbu Line (Rapid) through service Between Chiba and Kazusa-Ichinomiya : Wakashio Limited Express The Boso Railway opened
24-939: The Bōsō Railway. On 1 September 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways , which was transformed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987. In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 436 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [REDACTED] Media related to Taitō Station at Wikimedia Commons Sotob%C5%8D Line The Sotobō Line ( 外房線 , Sotobō-sen )
30-628: The Chiba to Oami section in 1896, extending the line to Kazusa-Ichinomiya the following year and to Ohara in 1899. The company was nationalised in 1907. The extension to Katsuura opened in 1913, to Kazusa-Okitsu in 1927, and Awa-Kamogawa in 1929. A new tunnel and associated deviation was opened at Toke in 1954 to improve the loading gauge of the line. The Chiba to Soga section was double-tracked between 1960 and 1963, extended to Nagata between 1972 and 1974, with CTC signalling being commissioned between Soga and Awa-Kamogawa in 1974. The line to Kazusa-Ichinomiya
36-522: Was double-tracked between 1980 and 1986, with the Onjuku to Katsuura section double-tracked in 1995, and the Torami to Chojamachi section the following year. The entire line was electrified in 1968, and freight services ceased between 1982 and 1987. On 8 May 2020, at 3:55 pm, the front carriage of a local service derailed between Awa-Kamogawa and Awa-Amatsu stations. Around 20 passengers and crew were on board
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