Awa-Amatsu Station

Awa-Amatsu Station 安房天津駅
File:Awaamatsu-station-stationhouse-2007.jpg Awa-Amatsu Station
Location	Amatsu 1016, Kamogawa, Chiba （千葉県鴨川市天津1016） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1929
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	162 daily

Awa-Amatsu Station (安房天津駅, Awa-Amatsu-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 87.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Amatsu-Awa Station was opened on April 15, 1929. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line

Station layout

Amatsu-Awa Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station is a Kan'i itaku station operated by the Kamogawa municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed.

Platform

1	■ Sotobō Line	For Awa-Kamogawa
2	■ Sotobō Line	For Katsuura, Ōhara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya Mobara, Soga, Chiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Awa-Kominato		Local	Awa-Kamogawa

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information