Narutō Station

Narutō Station
Narutō Station
成東駅
Naruto StationPlatform0-1-2-3.JPG
View of the platforms
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Sanmu
Neighborhood etc. Tsube 305
Postal Code 289-1345
(in Japanese) 千葉県山武市津辺 305
History
Year opened 1897
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Sōbu Main Line
Tōgane Line
Statistics 2973 passengers/day 2006

Narutō Station (成東駅 Narutō-eki?) a railway station operated by JR East's Sōbu Main Line and Tōgane Line, located in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 76.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Sōbu Line at Tokyo Station and forms the western terminus of the Tōgane Line.

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History

Narutō Station opened on 1 May 1897 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways. During an air raid of August 13, 1945 in World War II, shells from an anti-aircraft gun set an ammunition train stopped at the station on fire. The fire spread despite efforts of firemen and Imperial Japanese Army troops from the 3rd Guards Division, and the station building was totally destroyed. A total of 42 people perished in the fire. The JGR was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on December 1, 1981.

Lines

Shiosai limited express services between Tokyo and Chōshi stop at this station.[1]

Station layout

Narutō Station has two side platforms and a single island platform, serving a total of four tracks.

Platforms

0 ■Tōgane Line For Tōgane, Ōami,Chiba, Tokyo
1,2 ■Sōbu Line For Sakura,Chiba, Tokyo
Chōshi
3 ■Tōgane Line For Tōgane, Ōami,Chiba, Tokyo


Chōshi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sōbu Main Line
Yachimata Shiosai Yokoshiba
Hyūga Local Matsuo
Tōgane Line
Gumyō Local Terminus

References

  1. ^ JR Timetable, March 2010 issue, p.108-109

External links

v · d · eStations of the Sōbu Main Line (Chiba - Chōshi)

(Towards Kurihama, Yokohama, Tokyo >>) Chiba - Higashi-Chiba - Tsuga - Yotsukaidō - Monoi - Sakura (>> Towards Narita, Narita Airport, Kashima-Jingu, Matsugishi) - Minami-Shisui - Enokido - Yachimata - Hyūga - Narutō - Matsuo - Yokoshiba - Iigura - Yōkaichiba - Higata - Asahi - Iioka - Kurahashi - Saruda - (Towards Sakura, Narita >>) Matsugishi - Chōshi
v · d · eStations of the Tōgane Line

Ōami - Fukutawara - Tōgane - Gumyō - Narutō

Coordinates: 35°36′31″N 140°24′36″E / 35.6086°N 140.4101°E / 35.6086; 140.4101

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