Wadaura Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 和田浦駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō-shi Chiba-ken 299-2703 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.0418°N 140.0197°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Uchibō Line |
Distance: | 106.8km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | December 20, 1922 |
Passengers: | 94 |
Pass Year: | FY2015 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Wadaura Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Wadaura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 106.8km (66.4miles) from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
The station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A whale-shaped station building was completed in 1995.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 94 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]