Hota Station (保田駅, Hota-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). However, it is still a staffed station.
Hota Station 保田駅 | |||||||||||
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 Hota Station, 2013 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Hota 249, Kyonan-machi, Awa-gun, Chiba-ken 299-1902 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°08′28″N 139°50′17″E / 35.1411°N 139.838°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 73.7 km from Soga | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 1, 1917 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 218 | ||||||||||
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Lines
editHota Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 67.5 kilometres (41.9 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
Station layout
editThe station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station used to have a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office, but it was closed on January 31, 2021.[1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Kimitsu, Kisarazu, Chiba |
| 2 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Tateyama, Awa-Kamogawa |
History
editHota Station was opened on August 1, 1917. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 218 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "駅の情報（保田駅）：JR東日本" [Station information (Hota Station): JR East] (in Japanese). Easet Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Hota Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information(in Japanese)
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