Saruda Station | |
Native Name: | 猿田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Saruda-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288–0855 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Sōbu Main Line |
Distance: | 111.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | 25 January 1898 |
Passengers: | 240 daily |
Pass Year: | 2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Saruda Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Chōshi, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Saruda Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line between Tokyo and, and is located 111.8 kilometers from the western terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station consists of dual opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Saruda Station was opened on 25 January 1898 as a station on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalised, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1 October 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The station building was partially reconstructed in January 2007.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 240 passengers daily[1]