Fukutawara Station

Fukutawara Station

福俵駅
Fukutawara Station; 福俵駅
	Platform of Fukutuwara Station in October 2008
General information
Location	Fukutawara 62, Tōgane-shi, Chiba-ken 283-0812; Japan
Coordinates	35°32′47″N 140°20′31″E / 35.5463°N 140.3419°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Tōgane Line
Distance	3.8 km from Ōami
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 1, 1938
Closed	1941-1954
Passengers
FY2006	578 daily
Services
Location
	Fukutawara Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Fukutawara Station Fukutawara Station (Japan)

Fukutawara Station (福俵駅, Fukutawara-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tōgane, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines edit

Fukutawara Station is served by the Tōgane Line between Ōami and Narutō, and is located 3.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ōami Station.

Station layout edit

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. There is a rain shelter built on the platform, but no station building. The platform is short, and can only handle trains up to six cars long. The station is unattended.

History edit

Fukutawara Station opened on March 1, 1938, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). It was closed from August 10, 1941 to October 1, 1954.^{[citation needed]} The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 578 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area edit

References edit

^ 千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links edit

Media related to Fukutawara Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[Chiba2006stats-1] 千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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