Kemigawahama Station (検見川浜駅, Kemigawahama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JE15 Kemigawahama Station 検見川浜駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() North side of the station, November 2011 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 4-2-1 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken 261-0011 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°38′13.27″N 140°3′33.07″E / 35.6370194°N 140.0591861°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | JE Keiyō Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Station code | JE15 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 March 1986 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
Fy2019 | 15,635 (daily) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editKemigawahama Station is served by the Keiyō Line and is 33.7 km from the western terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two elevated side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit1 | JE Keiyō Line | for Soga |
2 | JE Keiyō Line | for Kaihimmakuhari and Tokyo |
History
editThe station opened on 3 March 1986. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
Station numbering was introduced to in 2016 with Kemigawahama being assigned station number JE14.[1][2] With the opening of Makuharitoyosuna in 2023, stations further down on the Keiyo Line were each shifted down one station number. As such, Kemigawahama was reassigned station number JE15.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,635 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Mihama Ward Office
- Mihama Post Office
- Chiba Prefectural Kemigawa High School
- Tokyo Dental College Chiba campus
- Chiba Kaihin Municipal Hospital
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ 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
editMedia related to Kemigawahama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Kemigawahama Station (in Japanese)