Soga Station

Soga Station

蘇我駅
Soga Station; 蘇我駅
	West exit, December 2011
General information
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°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	20 January 1896; 128 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	34,189
Services
	Hon-Chiba towards Chiba
	Hon-Chiba towards Chiba
Location
	Soga Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Soga Station Soga Station (Japan)

Soga Station (蘇我駅, Soga-eki) is a junction

Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company

.

Lines

Soga Station is the northern

Rinkai Main Line

.

Station layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three

Midori no Madoguchi

staffed ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Uchibō Line	for Chiba, Tokyo
	■ Sotobō Line	for Chiba, Tokyo
	■ Keiyō Line	for Kaihimmakuhari, Minami-Funabashi, Maihama, Shin-Kiba, and 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 Togane, Naruto, Mobara

Trains at tracks 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
Kaihimmakuhari and Shin-Kiba
) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

History

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

^
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] 
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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