Wadaura Station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Wadaura Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 和田浦駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Wadaura station.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Wadaura Station in April 2007

| other_name =

| address = Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō-shi Chiba-ken 299-2703

| country = Japan

| coordinates ={{coord|35.0418|N|140.0197|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull|#00B2E5}} Uchibō Line

| distance = 106.8km from {{STN|Soga|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1700}}

| opened = December 20, 1922

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 94

| pass_year = FY2015

| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Wadaura Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Uchibo|left=Minamihara|note-mid=Local|right=Emi}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Wadaura Station|和田浦駅|Wadaura-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Wadaura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located {{convert|106.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|linename= Uchibō Line|linecol=#00B2E5|dir=for {{STN|Tateyama|x|Chiba}}, {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}, and {{STN|Chiba|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx= Uchibō Line|linecol=#00B2E5|dir=for {{STN|Awa-Kamogawa|x}}, {{STN|Mobara|x}}, and {{STN|Chiba|x}}}}

History

Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A whale-shaped station building was completed in 1995.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 94 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_09.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)|year= 2016|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2020}}