Ōhara Station (Chiba)


Ōhara Station is a railway station in Isumi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company and the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway.

Lines

Ōhara Station is served by the JR East Sotobo Line and the Isumi Railway Company Isumi Line. Limited express Wakashio services from Tokyo to stop at this station. It is located 57.2 km from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station, and forms the eastern terminus of the Isumi Line.

Station layout

The JR East station consists of one side platform and an island platform serving three tracks. The Isumi Railway has a single bay platform serving two tracks. The two station buildings are adjacent and are connected together.

JR East platforms

Isumi Line platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Ōhara Station opened on December 13, 1899, as the terminal station of the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which became the Japanese National Railways after World War II.
Freight operations were discontinued from February 1, 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. On March 24, 1988, the Kihara Line was split off from the JR East network to be operated by the third-sector Isumi Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, JR East's Ōhara Station was used by an average of 1,679 passengers daily.

Surrounding area