Yokota Station


Yokota Station is a railway station on the Kururi Line in Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Yokota Station is served by the Kururi Line, and is located 9.3 km from the western terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

Yokota Station has a two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is one of the few on the Kururi Line which is fully manned, and which allows for trains coming from opposite directions to pass one another.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yokota Station opened on December 28, 1912 as Nakagawa Station on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. It was renamed Yokota Station on July 1, 1915. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.