Shimōsa-Toyosato Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 下総豊里駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Sasamoto-chō 73-4, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0873 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Narita Line |
Distance: | 66.2 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | March 11, 1933 |
Passengers: | 171 |
Pass Year: | FY2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shimōsa-Toyosato Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Chōshi, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shimōsa-Toyosato Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 66.2 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station.
The station consists of dual opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge to a wooden, single-story station building. The station is unattended.
Shimōsa-Toyosato Station was opened on March 11, 1933 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) for both freight and passenger operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1971. The station has been unattended since March 1, 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was rebuilt in 2008.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 171 passengers daily.[1]