Yokota Station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Yokota Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 横田駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Yokota Station 20121030.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Yokota Station, October 2012

| other_name =

| address = Yokota, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-0236

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|23|09.91|N|140|01|13.25|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull|#00b5ad}} Kururi Line

| distance = 9.3 km from {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1636}}

| opened = December 28, 1912

| closed =

| former = Nakagawa (until 1915)

| passengers = 165

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Yokota Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Kururi|left=Higashi-Kiyokawa|right=Higashi-Yokota}}

}}

File:Yokota Station Platform 20121030.jpg

{{Nihongo|Yokota Station|横田駅|Yokota-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yokota Station is served by the Kururi Line, and is located 9.3 km from the western terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is one of the few on the Kururi Line which is fully staffed, and which allows for trains coming from opposite directions to pass one another.

=Platforms=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Kururi Line|linecol=#00b5ad|dir= for {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx= Kururi Line|linecol=#00b5ad|dir=for {{STN|Kazusa-Kameyama|x}}}}

History

Yokota Station opened on December 28, 1912 as {{nihongo|Nakagawa Station|中川駅|Nakagawa-eki}} on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. It was renamed Yokota Station on July 1, 1915.{{cn|date=November 2012}} The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_08.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)|year= 2020|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 11 August 2020}}