Sodegaura Station

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title: "Sodegaura Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1912", "railway-stations-in-chiba-prefecture", "uchibō-line", "sodegaura"] description: "Railway station in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodegaura_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan ::

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Field	Value
name	Sodegaura Station
style	JR East
native_name	袖ケ浦駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	袖ヶ浦駅北口.JPG
caption	The north side of Sodegaura Station, October 2014
address	Narawa, Sodegaura-shi, Chiba-ken 299-0263
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	[[File:JR logo (east).svg
line	Uchibō Line
distance	24.4 km from
platforms	1 island platform
tracks	2
status	Staffed
website
opened	August 21, 1913
former	Naraha (until 1974)
passengers	5615
pass_year	FY2019
map_type	Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan
map_dot_label	Sodegaura Station
services	{{Adjacent stations
line4	Uchibo
line5	Uchibo
line7	Uchibo
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Sodegaura Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Sodegaura Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 24.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the wooden station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/JREast-Uchibo-line-Sodegaura-station-building.jpg" caption="The station entrance in June 2008 before rebuilding"] ::

The station opened on August 21, 1913 as Naraha Station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisarazu Line. On May 24, 1919, the line became the Hōjō Line, on April 15, 1929, it became the Bōsō Line, and on April 1, 1933, it became the Bōsōnishi Line. It became part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Sodegaura Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5615 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Sodegaura City Hall

References

References

1. link. (2020). East Japan Railway Company

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