Soga Station

Soga Station

蘇我駅
Soga Station; 蘇我駅
	West exit, December 2011
Location	2 Imai, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken, 260-0834; Japan
Coordinates	35°34′53.33″N 140°07′52.10″E / 35.5814806°N 140.1311389°ECoordinates: 35°34′53.33″N 140°07′52.10″E / 35.5814806°N 140.1311389°E
Operated by	JR East; JR Freight; Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company;
Line(s)	■ Uchibō Line; ■ Sotobō Line; JE Keiyō Line;
Distance	43.0 km from Tokyo
Platforms	3 island platforms
Connections	Bus stop;
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	January 20, 1896.
Passengers
FY2019	34,189
Services
	Hon-Chiba towards Chiba
	Hon-Chiba towards Chiba
Location
	Soga Station Location within Chiba PrefectureShow map of Chiba PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Soga Station (蘇我駅, Soga-eki) is a junction railway station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and the all-freight Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines[]

Soga Station 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. It is 43.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station. The station is also the starting point of the Keiyō Rinkai Railway's Rinkai Main Line.

Station layout[]

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms 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 staffed ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms[]

Track layout

1, 2	■ Uchibō Line	for Chiba, Tokyo
	■ Sotobō Line	for Chiba, Tokyo
	■ Keiyō Line	for Chiba, Tokyo
3, 4	■ Keiyō Line	for Kaihimmakuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and Tokyo
5, 6	■ Uchibō Line	for Goi, Kisarazu
5, 6	■ Sotobō Line	for Ōami, Togane, Naruto, Mobara

Lines 3 and 4 terminate at this station.
During the morning rush hour and certain other times, two different trains bound for Tokyo, namely the train connecting to the Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobō Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihimmakuhari and Shin-Kiba) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

History[]

Soga Station opened on January 20, 1896.^[1] The station became part of JR East on the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.^[1] The Keiyō Line opened on December 1, 1988.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 34,189 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surroundings[]

Chibadera Station
Soga Sports Park
Fukuda Denshi Arena (Soga Stadium) --JEF United Ichihara / Chiba Home Stadium.
JFE Gymnasium
Shukutoku University (Chiba Campus, Chiba 2nd Campus)
Ueno Law Business College

Bus routes[]

Chiba Chuo Bus
Kominato Tetsudō Bus
Askabus
Keikyu Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudo Bus))

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 613. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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 Soga Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 613. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[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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