Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station 上総清川駅
Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station platform, April 2008
General information
Location	Sugō 799, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0051 Japan
Coordinates	35°23′27.73″N 139°57′56.29″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kururi Line
Distance	4.2 km from Kisarazu
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 28, 1912
Previous names	Kiyokawa (until 1923)
Passengers
FY2006	254 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Gion towards Kisarazu Kururi Line Higashi-Kiyokawa towards Kazusa-Kameyama
Location Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (Japan)

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station (上総清川駅, Kazusa-Kiyokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 4.2 km (2.6 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platform

1

■ Kururi Line

Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama

History

Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as Kiyokawa Station (清川駅, Kiyokawa-eki) on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923 at which time the station name was changed to its present name. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The original station building was destroyed in typhoon in 2004 and replaced with the current structure.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 254 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• National Route 409
• National Route 410
• Seiwa University

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Kazusa-Kiyokawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)