is a railway station operated by JR East's

East Japan Railway Company

is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 Uchibō Line and Kururi Line, located in Kisarazu

Kisarazu, Chiba

is a city located in Chiba, Japan. As of September 2010, Kisarazu has an estimated population of 126,906 and a density of 915 persons per km². The total area was 138.73 km²....

, Chiba Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

, Japan

Japan

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. It is 31.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station

Soga Station

is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba and operated by the East Japan Railway Company and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company. It is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station...

 and forms the eastern terminus

Terminal Station

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 of the Kururi Line.

History

Kisarazu Station was opened on August 21, 1912 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways

Japanese Government Railways

The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...

 (JGR) Kisarazu Line, and on December 28, 1912 on the Chiba Prefecture's Kururi Line. On May 24, 1919, the Kisarazu Line became the Hōjō Line. The Kururi Line was nationalized on September 1, 1923, becoming part of the JGR network. The Hōjō Line was renamed on April 15, 1929, becoming the Bōsō Line and on April 1, 1933 was renamed again to the Bōsōnishi Line. It became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Kisarazu Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization

Privatization

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 of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.

Layout

Kisarazu Station has two island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

s serving four tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass. The station has a Green Window service counter.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

JR East Station information