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is a train station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba

Chuo-ku, Chiba

is one of the six wards of the city of Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and is the seat of the city government, and the location of the prefectural government offices for Chiba Prefecture. It is also the commercial center of Chiba. As of 2011, the ward had an estimated population of 199,650 and a...

and operated by the East Japan Railway Company

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....

(JR East) and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company. It is the northern terminal station

Terminal Station

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for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station

Chiba Station

is a railway station located in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.-JR East:*Sōbu Main Line**Chūō-Sōbu Line**Sōbu Line *Narita Line*Sotobō Line*Uchibō Line-History:The station opened on 20 July 1894.The present station building was built in 1963...

. It is 43.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station

is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

History

Soga Station was opened on January 20, 1896 as a station on the Bōsō Railway (present-day Sotobō Line) for both passenger and freight service. It was absorbed into 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) on September 1, 1907. On March 28, 1912, the Kisarazu line (present day Uchibō Line) began operations with Soga Station as its terminus. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. On September 16, 1963 the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Comany Rinkai Main Line began operations. The station became part of the East Japan Railway Company on the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987. The Keiyō Line opened on December 1, 1988. The station building was reconstructed from 2004-2005.

Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company

Rinkai Main Line (Freight Line
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...

)

This station is the starting point of both the Uchibō Line and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line. Typically, however, the Uchibō continues along the Sotobō line tracks to Chiba Station

Chiba Station

. There is a direct connection between the trains of the Rinkai Main Line and the JR trains. The Keiyō Rinkai Railway is in charge of all freight operations at this station.

Station layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three 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 and a total of six passenger lines. Freight lines are located to the side of the first platform, and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway office is located to the side of these. The station is staffed with personnel from both companies. It includes a Midori no madoguchi

MARS (ticket reservation system)

, which stands for MAgnetic electronic seat Reservation System or, more recently, Multi Access seat Reservation System, is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of Japan Railways Group and travel agencies in Japan.The host of the system is located in Kokubunji, Tokyo and...

ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

Lines 3 and 4 terminate at this station.
During the morning rush hour and certain other times, two different trains bound for Tōkyō Station
Tokyo Station
is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

, namely the train connecting to the Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobŏ Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihin-Makuhari
Kaihin-Makuhari Station
is a train station in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

and Shin-Kiba
Shin-Kiba Station
is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan.-Lines:Shin-Kiba Station is served by the following lines:* Keiyō Line * Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line * Rinkai Line -JR East platforms:-Tokyo Metro platforms:...

) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

Bus routes

Chiba Chūō Bus
Kominato Tetsudō Bus
Askabus
Keikyū Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudō Bus))

Adjacent stations

External links

JR East Station information

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