Chitose Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 千歳駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Chikura-chō Shirako 524, Minamibōsō-shi, Chiba-ken 295-0003 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uchibō Line |
Distance: | 98.6 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | August 1, 1930 |
Passengers: | 94 |
Pass Year: | FY2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Chitose Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Chitose Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 98.6 km from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
The station is an at-grade station with a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station is unattended.
Chitose Station was opened on May 20, 1927 as a temporary stop. It was elevated to a full station on August 1, 1930. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in February 2007.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 62 passengers daily.[1]