Wadaura Station

Wadaura Station 和田浦駅
File:Wadaura-station.jpg Wadaura Station
Location	Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō, Chiba （千葉県南房総市和田町仁我浦178） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Uchibō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1922
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	118 daily

Wadaura station (和田浦駅, Wadaura-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Uchibō Line located in Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 106.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.

History

Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Uchibō Line

Station layout

Wadaura Station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms. The station is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the Minami-Bōsō municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. A whale-shaped station building was recently constructed.

Surroundings

• Wadaura Seawater Bath
• Minamibōsō City Hall Wada Branch (Formerly the Wada Town Hall)
• National Highway Route 128
• Hiking path to Mount Karasuba

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Minamihara		Uchibō Line		Emi

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information