Shizu Station (Chiba)
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is a railway station operated by Keisei Electric Railway
's Keisei Main Line located in Sakura
, Chiba Prefecture
Japan
. It is 42.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station.
s connected by underpasses to a station building underneath.
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...
's Keisei Main Line located in Sakura
Sakura, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 172,176 and a population density of 1660 persons per km². The total area was 103.59 km².-Geography:...
, 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
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is 42.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station.
History
Shizu Station was opened on March 18, 1928. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1981.Layout
Shizu Station has two opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s connected by underpasses to a station building underneath.