Kururi Station

Kururi Station

久留里駅
Kururi Station; 久留里駅
	Kururi Station, 2023
General information
Location	Kururi-Ichiba 198, Kimitsu, Chiba; （千葉県君津市久留里市場198）; Japan
Coordinates	35°17′44.91″N 140°4′32.67″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kururi Line
Distance	23.6 km from Kisarazu
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2019	365 daily
Services
Location
	Kururi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Kururi Station Kururi Station (Japan)

Kururi Station (久留里駅, Kururi-eki) is a railway station s a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kururi Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 23.6 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station platforms, 2023

Station layout

Kururi Station has an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks. The station building is old, and dates from the original opening of the Kururi Line in 1912. It is one of the few fully staffed stations on the line. This is one of only 2 stations on the line where there is more than 1 track. The other station is Yokota Station.

Platform

1,2	■ Kururi Line	For Kisarazu or Kazusa-Kameyama
3	■ Kururi Line	For Kisarazu

Buses

Stage carriage bus

There is a casual route bus which runs in October and November. This bus is called Satoyama GO Bus[1]. The bus is bound for Kazusa-Nakano Station and stops at Yōrōkeikoku Station and so on.

Highway Bus

No	Via	Destination	Company
Aqusea	Kisarazu・Kaneda Bus Terminal (Iwane Station: It takes from the Bus Terminal to the station about 40 minutes on foot)	Tokyo Station	Keisei Bus
Kamogawa・Shibuya Line	Non stop	Shibuya Station	Tōkyū Bus
Kapīna	Kazusa-Kameyama Station・Awa-Kamogawa Station	Kameda Hospital	Nittō Kotsu
Kapīna	Makuta Station・Soga Station	Chiba Station	Nittō Kotsu

There are buses which go to Haneda Airport from Kisarazu・Kaneda Bus Terminal. If you ride on Aqusea, you available on the buses for Haneda Airport .
Highway bus Aqusea runs on Tokyo Bay Aqua Line.

History

Kururi Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as the original eastern terminal station for the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The line was extended to Kazusa-Kameyama on March 25, 1936. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 365 passengers (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

References

Route Map
各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kururi Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[1] Route Map

[jreast2010stats-2] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.