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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 railway station located in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and the all-freight Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines edit

Soga Station is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 km (2.4 mi) from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station. It is 43.0 km (26.7 mi) from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station. The station is also the starting point of the Keiyō Rinkai Railway's Rinkai Main Line.

Station layout edit

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms and a total of six tracks. Freight tracks are located to the side of the first platform, and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway office is located to the side of these. The station is staffed with personnel from both companies. It includes a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms edit

Track layout

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 Ōami, 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 Sōbu Line Rapid via the Sotobō Line, and the Keiyō Line trains (via Kaihimmakuhari and Shin-Kiba) leave from the same platform (platform 2).

History edit

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 edit

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 34,189 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surroundings edit

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 edit

Chiba Chuo Bus
Kominato Tetsudō Bus
Askabus
Keikyu Bus (Haneda Airport Limousine Bus (same direction as the Kominato Tetsudo Bus))

References edit

^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 613. 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.