Chitose Station (Chiba)

Chitose Station 千歳駅
File:Chitose-station-stationhouse-2007renew.jpg Chitose Station
Location	Chikura-chō Shirako 524, Minamibōsō, Chiba （千葉県南房総市千倉町白子524） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Uchibō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1927
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	62 daily

Chitose Station (千歳駅, Chitose-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Uchibō Line located in Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 98.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.

History

Chitose Station was opened on May 20, 1927 as a temporary stop. It was elevated to a full station on August 1, 1930. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in February 2007.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Uchibō Line

Layout

Chitose Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is currently unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Uchibō Line	For Tateyama, Kimitsu, Kisarazu, Chiba
1	■ Uchibō Line	For Awa-Kamogawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Uchibō Line
Chikura		Local	Minamihara

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information