Taitō Station

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Taitō Station 太東駅
Taitō Station in July 2010
Location	Shiigi, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 299-4501 Japan
Coordinates	35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E / 35.3198; 140.3812Coordinates: 35°19′11″N 140°22′52″E / 35.3198°N 140.3812°E / 35.3198; 140.3812
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Sotobō Line
Distance	49.3 km from Chiba
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 13, 1899
Passengers
FY2019	436
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Torami towards Soga Sotobō Line   Commuter Rapid   Keiyō Rapid Chōjamachi towards Katsuura Torami towards Soga or Chiba Sotobō Line Local Chōjamachi towards Awa-Kamogawa
Location
Taitō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Taitō Station Taitō Station (Japan) Show map of Chiba PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Taitō Station (太東駅, Taitō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Taitō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 49.3 km from the starting point of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

Station layout[]

The station consists of a single island platform and a single side platform serving three tracks, connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platform[]

History[]

Taitō Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway.^{[citation needed]} 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. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 436 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Japan

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Taitō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)