Ōami Station

Ōami Station

大網駅
Ōami Station; 大網駅
	Ōami Station
Location	21 Minamidama, Ōamishirasato-shi, Chiba-ken 299-3244; Japan
Coordinates	35°31′21″N 140°18′41″E / 35.5224°N 140.3113°ECoordinates: 35°31′21″N 140°18′41″E / 35.5224°N 140.3113°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Sotobō Line; ■ Tōgane Line;
Distance	22.9 km from Chiba
Platforms	2 side + 1 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	January 20, 1896
Passengers
FY2019	10,057
Services
Location
	Ōami Station Location within Chiba PrefectureShow map of Chiba PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Ōami Station (大網駅, Ōami-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ōamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Ōami Station is served by the Sotobō Line and Tōgane Line. It is located 22.9 km from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station, and forms the eastern terminus of the 13.8 kilometer Tōgane Line.

Station layout[]

The station has consists of two opposed side platforms serving the Sotobō Line tracks and a single island platform serving the Tōgane Line tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms[]

1	■ Sotobō Line	for Soga, Chiba, Kaihin-Makuhari, and Tokyo
2	■ Sotobō Line	for Mobara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa
3	■ Tōgane Line	for Tōgane and Narutō
4	■ Tōgane Line	for Tōgane, Narutō, and Chiba

History[]

Ōami Station was opened on January 20, 1896, as the terminal station of the Bōsō Railway. The line was extended to Ichinomiya in 1897. The Tōgane Line began operations from June 30, 1900. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on July 1, 1971. On May 27, 1972, the station building was relocated to its present location, to eliminate the use of a switchback. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,057 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area[]

Ōami City Hall
Ōami High School
Ōami Post Office

References[]

^ Sone, Satoru (February 21, 2014). Satoru Sone (supervised) "Weekly History of Railways All Lines JNR / JR" No. 31 Uchibo Line / Sotobo Line / Kururi Line. Asahi Shimbun Publishing. pp. 22–23.(in Japanese)
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links[]

Media related to Ōami Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[1] Sone, Satoru (February 21, 2014). Satoru Sone (supervised) "Weekly History of Railways All Lines JNR / JR" No. 31 Uchibo Line / Sotobo Line / Kururi Line. Asahi Shimbun Publishing. pp. 22–23.(in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-2] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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