Suigō Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 水郷駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Ichi-no-wakame 1120, Katori-shi, Chiba-ken 289-0301 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Narita Line |
Distance: | 47.5 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | November 10, 1931 |
Passengers: | 185 |
Pass Year: | FY2006 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Suigō Station |
a passenger railway station in the city of Katori, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Suigō Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 47.5 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.
Suigō Station was opened on November 10, 1931, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) for both freight and passenger operations. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from October 1, 1962. The station has been unattended since July 1, 1970. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in June 2009.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 185 passengers daily.[1]