Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2009) 614 daily Opened 1899 | ||
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Similar Chōjamachi Station, Torami Station, Mikado Station, Cape Taitō, Namihana Station |
Taitō Station (太東駅, Taitō-eki) is a railway station on the Sotobō Line in Isumi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 49.3 km from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
Taitō Station has a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge.
History
Taitō Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.