Tawarada Station

Tawarada Station (俵田駅, Tawarada-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tawarada Station

俵田駅
Tawarada Station
General information
LocationTawarada 1630, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0455
Japan
Coordinates35°18′53.01″N 140°3′40.24″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kururi Line
Distance21.0 km from Kisarazu
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJuly 10, 1921
Passengers
FY200664 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Obitsu
towards Kisarazu
Kururi Line Kururi
Location
Tawarada Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Tawarada Station
Tawarada Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Tawarada Station is located in Japan
Tawarada Station
Tawarada Station
Tawarada Station (Japan)

Lines

Tawarada Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 21.0 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 three carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platform

1  Kururi Line For Kisarazu
Kazusa-Kameyama

History

Tawarada Station was opened on July 10, 1921 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. The original station building was destroyed in a fire on January 3, 2008, and a new structure was completed in 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 64 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 千葉県統計年鑑(平成19年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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