Obitsu Station

{{short description|Railway station in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Obitsu Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 小櫃駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JREast-Kururi-line-Obitsu-station-entrance-20140325-145610(cropped).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Obitsu Station in March 2014

| other_name =

| address = Sueyoshi 152, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0451

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|19|42.15|N|140|3|35.63|E|source:jawiki_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull| DarkTurquoise}} Kururi Line

| distance = 18.2 km from {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=396}}

| opened = December 28, 1912

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 154 daily

| pass_year = FY2006

| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Obitsu Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Kururi|left=Shimogōri|right=Tawarada}}

}}

{{nihongo|Obitsu Station|小櫃駅|Obitsu-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Obitsu Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 18.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station formerly had dual opposed side platforms, but one platform is no longer in use, although its overgrown ruins can still be seen to one side of the station. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of four carriages or less. The station is unattended.

=Platform=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Kururi Line|linecol=#00B5AD|dir= For {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}
{{STN|Kazusa-Kameyama|x}}}}

History

Obitsu Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as a station on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 154 passengers daily.{{cite web|url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h19/index.html#11 |script-title=ja:千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年)|trans-title=Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)|year= 2007|publisher= Chiba Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2020}}