Soga Station

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namerom=Soga
name=蘇我


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pref=Chiba
city=Chiba
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address=2 Imai
jaloc=千葉県千葉市中央区今井二丁目
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operator=JR East
line=Uchibō Line, Sotobō Line, Keiyō Line
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Nihongo|Soga station|蘇我駅|Soga-eki is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines

JR East

*Sotobō Line
*Uchibō Line
*Keiyō Line

Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company

*Rinkai Main Line (Freight Line)

This station is the starting point of both the Uchibō Line and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line. Typically, however, the Uchibō continues along the Sotobō line tracks to Chiba Station. There is a direct connection between the trains of the Rinkai Main Line and the JR trains. The Keiyō Rinkai Railway is in charge of all freight operations at this station.

tation layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms and a total of six passenger lines. Freight lines are located to the side of the first platform, and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway office is located to the side of these. The station is staffed with personnel from both companies. It includes a Midori no madoguchi ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

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style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=60|1・2
style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=220|■Uchibō Line, ■Sotobō Line(sometimes ■Keiyō Line)
style="border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400|Chiba ( · Funabashi・Kinshichō・Tokyo)
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style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|3・4
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|■Keiyō Line
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Shin-Kiba · Tōkyō
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style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|5
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|■Uchibō Line (sometimes ■Sotobō Line)
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Kisarazu・Kimitsu・Tateyama
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style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|6
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|■Sotobō Line (sometimes ■Uchibō Line)
style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Ōami・Kazusa-Ichinomiya・Katsuura
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*Lines 3 and 4 terminate at this station.
*During the morning rush hour and certain other times, two different trains bound for Tōkyō Station, namely the train connecting to the Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobŏ Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihin-Makuhari and Shin-Kiba) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

Bus routes

* Chiba Chūō Bus
* Kominato Tetsudō Bus
* Askabus
* Keikyū Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudō Bus))

History

*Jan 20, 1896 - opened as a station on the Bōsō Railway (present day Sotobō Line)
*Mar 28, 1912 - Kisarazu line is opened and Soga station becomes a transfer point to this line.
*Sep 16, 1963 - Keiyō Rinkai Railway Co. Rinkai Main Line opens.
*Apr 1, 1987 - acquired by East Japan Railway Company following the division and privatization of JNR.
*Dec 1, 1988 - Keiyō Line opens.
*Aug 29, 2004 - Station building expansion completed. Elevators, escalators, and Dila Soga open.
*Nov 30, 2005 - West exit plaza renovation completed.

Adjacent stations

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