Sawara Station
Sawara Station (佐原駅, Sawara-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Katori, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Sawara Station 佐原駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Sawara Station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sawara 74, Katori-shi, Chiba-ken 287-0003 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.8947°N 140.4939°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 40.0 km from Sakura | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 bay + 1 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 3, 1898 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 3090 | |||||||||||||||
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  Sawara Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Sawara Station Sawara Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Lines
Sawara Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 40.0 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station. Some trains for the Kashima Line originate at this station.
Layout
Sawara Station has a single bay platform serving two tracks, and an island platform, for a total of four tracks. The island platform is connected to the bay platform by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 0 | ■ Kashima Line | For Kashima-Jingū |
| 1 | ■ Narita Line | For Choshi |
| ■ Kashima Line | For Kashima-Jingū | |
| 2&3 | ■ Narita Line | For Narita, Sakura, Chiba, Tokyo |
History
Sawara Station was opened on February 3, 1898 as a terminal station on the Narita Railway Company for both freight and passenger operations. The Narita Railway was nationalised on September 1, 1920, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The line was extended to Sasagawa on November 10, 1931. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt from 2007–2011.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3090 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
- old town of Sawara
- Ino Tadataka Museum
- Katori City Hall
Bus Terminal
- Ōtō Bus
- For Koyo Chuo
- For Koda Shako
- Edosaki
- JR Bus Kanto
- For Tako Bus Terminal
- Chiba Kotso
- For Takodai Bus Terminal
- For Omigawa Station
- Keisei Bus, Kanto Railway and Chiba Kotsu
- For Namba Station
- For Kyoto Station
- For Tokyo Station
- For Hokota Station via Itako Station
- For Choshi Station via Omigawa Station
See also
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 Sawara Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)