Makuta Station
Makuta Station 馬来田駅 | |
|---|---|
 Makuta Station | |
| Location |
Makuta 107, Kisarazu, Chiba （千葉県木更津市真里107） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Kururi Line |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2006) | 301 daily |
Makuta Station (馬来田駅 Makuta-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Kururi Line located in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 13.9 kilometers from the western terminus of the Kururi Line at Kisarazu Station.
History
Makuta 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. The station has been unattended since June 1, 1995.
Lines
Station layout
Makuta Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station formerly had two opposed side platforms; however, one platform is no longer in operation. The station is unattended.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Kururi Line | For Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kururi Line | ||||
| Higashi-Yokota | - | Shimogōri | ||
External links
- (Japanese) JR East Station information
Coordinates: 35°22′0.31″N 140°3′31.20″E / 35.3667528°N 140.0586667°E