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Kururi Station

Coordinates: 35°17′44.91″N 140°4′32.67″E / 35.2958083°N 140.0757417°E / 35.2958083; 140.0757417
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Kururi Station

久留里駅
Kururi Station, 2023
General information
LocationKururi-Ichiba 198, Kimitsu, Chiba
(千葉県君津市久留里市場198)
Japan
Coordinates35°17′44.91″N 140°4′32.67″E / 35.2958083°N 140.0757417°E / 35.2958083; 140.0757417
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kururi Line
Distance23.6 km from Kisarazu
Platforms1 island + 1 side platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2019365 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tawarada
towards Kisarazu
Kururi Line Hirayama
Location
Kururi Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Kururi Station
Kururi Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Kururi Station is located in Japan
Kururi Station
Kururi Station
Kururi Station (Japan)

Kururi Station (久留里駅, Kururi-eki) is a railway station s a passenger railway station in the city of Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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Kururi Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 23.6 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station platforms, 2023

Station layout

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Kururi Station has an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks. The station building is old, and dates from the original opening of the Kururi Line in 1912. It is one of the few fully staffed stations on the line. This is one of only 2 stations on the line where there is more than 1 track. The other station is Yokota Station.

Platform

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1,2  Kururi Line For Kisarazu or Kazusa-Kameyama
3  Kururi Line For Kisarazu

Buses

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Stage carriage bus

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There is a casual route bus which runs in October and November. This bus is called Satoyama GO Bus[1]. The bus is bound for Kazusa-Nakano Station and stops at Yōrōkeikoku Station and so on.

Highway Bus

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No Via Destination Company Note
Aqusea Kisarazu・Kaneda Bus Terminal (Iwane Station: It takes from the Bus Terminal to the station about 40 minutes on foot) Tokyo Station Keisei Bus
Kamogawa・Shibuya Line Non stop Shibuya Station Tōkyū Bus
Kapīna Kazusa-Kameyama StationAwa-Kamogawa Station Kameda Hospital Nittō Kotsu
Makuta StationSoga Station Chiba Station

History

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Kururi Station was opened on December 28, 1912 as the original eastern terminal station for the Chiba Prefectural Railways Kururi Line. The line was nationalized into the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) on September 1, 1923. The line was extended to Kazusa-Kameyama on March 25, 1936. 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.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 365 passengers (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Route Map
  2. ^ 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.
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