Kazusa-Okitsu Station

Kazusa-Okitsu Station (上総興津駅, Kazusa-Okitsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kazusa-Okitsu Station 上総興津駅
Kazusa-Okitsu Station, January 2014
General information
Location	Okitsu 307, Katsuura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-5245 Japan
Coordinates	35.1372°N 140.2507°E / 35.1372; 140.2507
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Sotobō Line
Distance	77.2 km from Soga
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1927; 97 years ago (1927-04-01)
Passengers
FY2019	182
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Katsuura towards Tokyo Wakashio Awa-Kominato towards Awa-Kamogawa Ubara towards Soga or Chiba Sotobō Line Local Namegawa-Island towards Awa-Kamogawa
Location Kazusa-Okitsu Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Kazusa-Okitsu Station Kazusa-Okitsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Kazusa-Okitsu Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 77.2 km (48.0 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station.

Station layout

Kazusa-Okitsu Station has two opposed side platforms connected to a wooden station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platform

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

History

Kazusa-Okitsu Station was opened on 1 April 1927. It was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 182 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 128
• Okitsu Port

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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 Kazusa-Okitsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)