Hota Station
保田駅 | |||||||||||
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Hota Station, 2013
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| Location | Hota 249, Kyonan-machi, Awa-gun, Chiba-ken 299-1902 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°08′28″N 139°50′17″E / 35.1411°N 139.838°E / 35.1411; 139.838 | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 73.7 km from Soga | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 1, 1917 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 218 | ||||||||||
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Hota Station (保田駅, Hota-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). However, it is still a staffed station.
Hota Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 67.5 kilometres (41.9 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
The station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station used to have a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office, but it was closed on January 31, 2021.[1]
| 1 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Kimitsu, Kisarazu, Chiba |
| 2 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Tateyama, Awa-Kamogawa |
Hota Station was opened on August 1, 1917. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 218 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
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Stations of the Uchibō Line
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