Ōto Station

Ōto Station
Ōto Station
大戸駅
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Ōto Station
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Katori
Neighborhood etc. Ōtogawa 11
Postal Code 287 - 0054
(in Japanese) 香取市大戸川11
History
Year opened 1926
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Narita Line
Statistics 243 passengers/day (2006)

Ōto Station (大戸駅 Ōto-eki?) is a railway station operated by JR East’s Narita Line located in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 36.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Narita Line at Sakura Station.

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History

Ōto Station was opened on April 1, 1926 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both passenger and freight operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1970. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt from 2007-2011.

Lines

Layout

Ōto Station has a single island platform connected to the neighboring streets by an overpass. There is no station building.

Platforms

1 Narita Line For Narita, Sakura, Chiba
2 Narita Line For Sawara, Chōshi, Kashima-Jingu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Narita Line
Shimōsa-Kōzaki - Sawara

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Coordinates: 35°53′24″N 140°27′28″E / 35.8901°N 140.4579°E / 35.8901; 140.4579