Nagata Station (Chiba)

Nagata Station 永田駅
Nagata Station
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
District	Sanbu
Town	Ōamishirasato
Neighborhood etc.	Nagata 1835
Postal Code	299 - 3233
(in Japanese)	千葉県山武郡大網白里町永田1835
History
Year opened	1959
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line
Statistics	1,311 passengers/day (2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

Nagata Station (永田駅, Nagata-eki^?) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Ōamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 25.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Nagata Station was opened on March 20, 1959 as a station on the on the Japan National Railways, after a petition signed by 2,470 local inhabitants. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line

Station layout

Nagata Station has a two opposed side platforms connected to a one-story station building. Unattended for many years, the station has been attended during normal working hours since April 1996.

Platform

1	■Sotobō Line	Ōami, Soga, Chiba
2	■Sotobō Line	For Mobara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Ōami		Local	Honnō

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information

Coordinates: 35°30′12.13″N 140°18′39.79″E / 35.5033694°N 140.3110528°E / 35.5033694; 140.3110528