Makuta Station

Makuta Station

馬来田駅
Makuta Station; 馬来田駅
	Makuta Station, April 2007
General information
Location	Makuta 107, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0212; Japan
Coordinates	35°22′0.31″N 140°3′31.20″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kururi Line
Distance	13.9 km from Kisarazu
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2019	191 daily
Services
Location
	Makuta Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Makuta Station Makuta Station (Japan)

Makuta Station (馬来田駅, Makuta-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Makuta Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 13.9 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station formerly had two opposed side platforms; however, one platform is no longer in operation. The station is staffed.

Platform

1	■ Kururi Line	For Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama

History

Makuta Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as a station on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. 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 191 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 410
Kisarazu City Hall Tomikuda Branch Office
Fukuta Community Center

References

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 Makuta Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information(in Japanese)

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[jreast2019stats-1] 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.