Mobara Station


Mobara Station is a railway station in Mobara, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Mobara Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 34.3 km from the starting point of the line at Chiba Station. Limited express Wakashio services from Tokyo to stop at this station.

Station layout

Mobara Station has a two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to each other and to the station building by an underpass.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Mobara Station opened on April 17, 1897 as Mohara Station on the Bōsō Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1907. From 1909-1926 it was also the terminal of the Chōnan-Mobara-Kan Jinsha Kidō, a human-powdered railway extending to Chōnan, Chiba. On August 1, 1930, the station became the terminus of the Nansō Railway, which became the Sotobō Line from 1939. It was renamed to its present name on July 10, 1935. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987.