Kazusa-Azuma Station | |
Native Name: | 上総東駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Samuro 339, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 298-0022 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.2634°N 140.345°W |
Operator: | Isumi Railway |
Line: | Isumi Line |
Distance: | 5.2 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | April 1, 1930 |
Passengers: | 30 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kazusa-Azuma Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway.
Kazusa-Azuma Station is served by the Isumi Line, and lies 5.2 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the line at Ōhara.
Kazusa-Azuma Station has dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with a three-sided rain shelter built onto each platform. The station is unattended.
Kazusa-Azuma Station opened on April 1, 1930 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Kihara Line. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station has been unattended since 1954, when scheduled freight operations were also discontinued. With the division and privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987, the station was acquired by the East Japan Railway Company. On March 24, 1988, the Kihara Line became the Isumi Railroad Isumi Line.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 30 passengers daily.[1]