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Obitsu Station

Railway station in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

35°19′42.15″N 140°3′35.63″E / 35.3283750°N 140.0598972°E / 35.3283750; 140.0598972Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Kururi LineDistance18.2 km from KisarazuPlatforms1 side platformOther informationStatusUnstaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedDecember 28, 1912PassengersFY2006154 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Shimogōri towards Kisarazu		Kururi Line		Tawarada towards Kazusa-Kameyama

Location
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Obitsu Station (小櫃駅, Obitsu-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Obitsu Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 18.2 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The station formerly had dual opposed side platforms, but one platform is no longer in use, although its overgrown ruins can still be seen to one side of the station. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of four carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platform

■ Kururi Line

For Kisarazu
Kazusa-Kameyama

History

Obitsu Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as a station on the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.