Yokota Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 横田駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yokota, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-0236 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Kururi Line |
Distance: | 9.3 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | December 28, 1912 |
Former: | Nakagawa (until 1915) |
Passengers: | 165 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Yokota Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yokota Station is served by the Kururi Line, and is located 9.3 km from the western terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is one of the few on the Kururi Line which is fully staffed, and which allows for trains coming from opposite directions to pass one another.
Yokota Station opened on December 28, 1912 as on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. It was renamed Yokota Station on July 1, 1915. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]