Ōhara Station (Chiba)

Coordinates: 35°15′3.5″N 140°23′27.1″E / 35.250972°N 140.390861°E / 35.250972; 140.390861

Ōhara Station 大原駅
Station building with separate entrances for two lines
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Isumi
Neighborhood etc.	8701 Ōhara
Postal Code	298 - 0004
(in Japanese)	千葉県いすみ市大原8701
History
Year opened	1899
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East Isumi Railway
Line(s)	Sotobō Line Isumi Line
Statistics	1758 (JR) 388 (Izumi) passengers/day 2009

Ōhara Station (大原駅, Ōhara-eki^?) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line and the Isumi Railway's Isumi Line, located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 57.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station and forms the eastern terminus of the Isumi Line.

History

Ōhara Station was opened on December 13, 1898 as the terminal station of the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was connected with Ōtaki, Chiba via the Izumi Kidō jinrikisha railway from December 15, 1912 to August 31, 1927. On the Bōsō Railway was extended to Katsuura on June 20, 1913. On April 1, 1930 the Isumi Railway began operations from Ōhara Station.

Freight operations were discontinued on February 1, 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987. On March 24, 1988, the Isumi Railway was split apart from the JR East network into a separate company.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line
• Isumi Railway Company
  • Isumi Line

Station layout

JR Ōhara Station has a single side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The Isumi Railway has a single bay platform serving two tracks. The two station buildings are adjacent and are connected together.

JR Sotobō Line platforms

1	■Sotobō Line	For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara,Soga, Tokyo, Chiba
2	■Sotobō Line	Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara,Soga, Tokyo, Chiba
3	■Sotobō Line	For Awa-Kamogawa

Isumi Line Platforms

1,2

■Isumi Line

Dental Support Ōtaki, Kazusa-Nakano

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Mikado		Rapid	Namihana
Mikado		Local	Namihana
Izumi Line
Terminus		Local	Nishi-Ōhara

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information