Matsuo Station (Chiba)

Matsuo Station 松尾駅
File:Matsuo-Sta-Platform.JPG View of the platforms, September 2010
Location	Gotanda, Matsuo-machi, Sanmu, Chiba （千葉県山武市松尾町五反田） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Sobu Main Line
History
Opened	1898
Traffic
Passengers (FY2009)	1,109 daily

Matsuo Station (松尾駅, Matsuo-eki) is a railway station on the Sobu Main Line in Sanmu, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Matsuo Station is served by the Sobu Main Line, and is located 82.5 km from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Sobu Main Line	for Sakura, Narutō, and Chiba
2	■ Sobu Main Line	for Asahi, Yōkaichiba, and Chōshi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sōbu Main Line
Narutō		Local	Yokoshiba

History

Matsuo Station opened on 25 February 1898 as a station on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalised, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 1 April 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)