Murakami Station (Chiba)

Murakami Station (村上駅, Murakami-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Tōyō Rapid Railway.

TR08 Murakami Station 村上駅
Murakami Station in April 2021
General information
Location	1-8-1 Murakami-Minami, Yachiyo-shi, Chiba-ken 276-0029 Japan
Coordinates	35°43′25″N 140°7′7″E
Operated by	Tōyō Rapid Railway
Line(s)	Tōyō Rapid Railway Line
Distance	15.2 km (9.4 mi) from Nishi-Funabashi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	TR08
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 April 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04-27)
Passengers
FY2018	5,952 daily
Services
Preceding station Tōyō Rapid Railway Following station Yachiyo-Chūō TR07 towards Nishi-Funabashi Tōyō Rapid Railway Line Tōyō-Katsutadai TR09 Terminus
Location Murakami Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Murakami Station Murakami Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Murakami Station is a station on the Tōyō Rapid Railway Line, and is 15.2 km from the starting point of the line at Nishi-Funabashi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building underneath.

Platforms

1	TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line	for Tōyō-Katsutadai
2	TR Tōyō Rapid Railway Line	for Yachiyo-Midorigaoka, Kita-Narashino, Nishi-Funabashi, Ōtemachi, and Nakano

History

Murakami Station was opened on April 27, 1996.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 5,952 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Yachiyo Municipal Folk Museum
• Yachiyo Picture-letter Museum
• Chiba Prefectural Yachiyo Higashi High School
• Yachiyo Municipal Murakami Junior High School
• Yachiyo Municipal Murakami Higashi Junior High School
• Yachiyo Municipal Murakami Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Murakami Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons

• Tōyō Rapid Railway Station information (in Japanese)