Minami-Shisui Station | |
Native Name: | 南酒々井駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Mabashi 569, Shisui-machi, Inba-gun, Chiba-ken 285-0914 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Sōbu Main Line |
Distance: | 59.3 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | September 10, 1914 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Minami-Shisui Station |
Passengers: | 208 daily |
Pass Year: | FY 2006 |
is a passenger railway station in the town of Shisui, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Minami-Shisui Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line, and is located 59.3 km from the western terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station consists of a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The platforms are short and can only accommodate trains of eight carriages in length. The station is unattended.
Minami-Shisui Station was opened on September 10, 1914 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both passenger and freight operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. A new station building was completed in 1980. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station waiting room was renovated in 2008.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 208 passengers daily[1]