Soga Station

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title: "Soga Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1896", "uchibō-line", "sotobō-line", "keiyō-line", "stations-of-east-japan-railway-company", "stations-of-japan-freight-railway-company", "railway-stations-in-chiba-(city)"] description: "Railway station in Chiba, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Chiba, Japan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name	Soga Station
style	JR East
native_name	蘇我駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	Soga Station West.jpg
caption	West exit, December 2011
address	2 Imai, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken, 260-0834
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	{{Plainlist
line	{{Plainlist
distance	43.0 km from
platforms	3 island platforms
connections	{{Plainlist
status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
website
opened
passengers	34,189
pass_year	FY2019
map_type	Japan Tokyo keiyo#Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan
map_dot_label	Soga Station
services	{{Adjacent stations
line2	Keiyo
line3	Sazanami
line4	Uchibo
line5	Uchibo
line6	Uchibo
line7	Uchibo
line8	Wakashio
(limited service)	right8=Toke
line9	Sotobo
line10	Sotobo
line11	Sotobo
line12	Sotobo
services_collapsible	yes
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• [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] JR East
• [[File:JR logo (freight).svg|20px]] JR Freight
• Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company | line = {{Plainlist|
• Uchibō Line
• Sotobō Line
• Keiyō Line | distance = 43.0 km from | platforms = 3 island platforms | connections = {{Plainlist|
• Bus stop | structure = | code = | status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | website = | opened = | closed = | former = | passengers = 34,189 | pass_year = FY2019 | map_type = Japan Tokyo keiyo#Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Soga Station | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East |line2=Keiyo|left2=Chibaminato|note-left2=|note-mid2=|through-right2=Sotobō Line and Uchibō Line |line3=Sazanami|left3=Tokyo|note-left3=|right3=Goi |line4=Uchibo|through-left4=Keiyō Line|note-mid4=|right4=Hamano|to-right4=Kazusa-Minato |line5=Uchibo|left5=Hon-Chiba|note-mid5=|right5=Hamano|to-right5=Kimitsu|to-left5=Chiba |line6=Uchibo|through-left6=Keiyō Line|note-mid6=Local|right6=Hamano |line7=Uchibo|left7=Hon-Chiba|note-mid7=Local|right7=Hamano|to-left7=Chiba |line8=Wakashio|left8=Kaihimmakuhari|note-left8= (limited service)|right8=Toke|note-right8=(limited service) |line9=Sotobo|through-left9=Keiyō Line|note-mid9=|right9=Kamatori|to-right9=Katsuura |line10=Sotobo|left10=Hon-Chiba|note-mid10=|right10=Kamatori|to-right10=Kazusa-Ichinomiya|to-left10=Chiba |line11=Sotobo|through-left11=Keiyō Line|note-mid11=Local|right11=Kamatori |line12=Sotobo|left12=Hon-Chiba|note-mid12=Local|right12=Kamatori|to-left12=Chiba | services_collapsible = yes

Soga Station 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 a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) and the all-freight Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines

Soga Station is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 km from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station. It is 43.0 km 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

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

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Rail_Tracks_map_around_Soga_Station.svg" caption="Track layout"] ::

• 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

Soga Station opened on 20 January 1896. The station became part of JR East on the division and privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. The Keiyō Line opened on 1 December 1988.

Passenger statistics

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

Surroundings

• 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

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

References

References

1. (1998). "停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編". JTB.
2. link. (2020). East Japan Railway Company

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