Tateyama Station (Chiba)

Tateyama Station (館山駅, Tateyama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tateyama Station 館山駅
Tateyama Station in May 2019
General information
Location	1887 Hōjō, Tateyama-shi, Chiba-ken 294-0045 Japan
Coordinates	34.9956°N 139.8618°E / 34.9956; 139.8618
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uchibō Line
Distance	85.9 km from Soga
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	May 24, 1919
Previous names	Awa-Hōjō (until 1946)
Passengers
FY2019	1599
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Nakofunakata towards Soga or Chiba Uchibō Line Local Kokonoe towards Awa-Kamogawa
Location Tateyama Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Tateyama Station Tateyama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Tateyama Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 85.9 km from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platforms serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Uchibō Line	for Chikura and Awa-Kamogawa
2/3	■ Uchibō Line	for Kimitsu, Kisarazu, and Chiba

History

The station opened on May 24, 1919, as Awa-Hōjō Station (安房北条駅) on what was then called the Hōjō Line. The Hōjō Line was merged with the Bōsō Line in 1927. The station was renamed to its current name on March 1, 1946. Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 15, 1982.^{[citation needed]} 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 March 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Bus terminal

Highway buses

• Boso Nanohana; For Tokyo Station^[1]
• Shinjuku Nanohana; For Shinjuku Station^[1]
• Nanso Satomi; For Kisarazu-Hatorino, Soga Station, Chiba Station, Chiba-Chūō Station, and Chiba-Minato Station^[2]

Route buses

• Awa-Shirahama Bus Terminal

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1599 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

• National Route 127
• National Route 128
• National Route 410
• Tateyama Port
• Tateyama City Hall
• JMSDF Tateyama Air Base
• Chiba Prefectural Awa High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. デジタル時刻表｜ジェイアールバス関東 [Digital Timetable - JR Bus Kanto]. time.jrbuskanto.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-21.
2. 千葉みなと駅・千葉中央駅・千葉駅～館山駅・白浜・野島崎 ｜ 高速バス ｜ 京成バス [Chiba-Minato Sta./Chiba-Chuo Sta./Chiba Sta. - Tateyama Sta./Shirahama/Nojimazaki｜Highway Bus｜Keisei Bus]. www.keiseibus.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-01-21.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Tateyama Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)