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Mobara Station

Railway station in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Field	Value
name	Mobara Station
style	JR East
native_name	茂原駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	JRE-Mobara-STA South.jpg
caption	Mobara Station south exit in 2021
address	1 Machibo, Mobara-shi, Chiba-ken 297-0022
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	[[File:JR logo (east).svg	20px]] JR East
line	Sotobō Line
distance	34.3 km from
platforms	2 island platforms
tracks	4
connections	Bus stop
status	Staffed (Talking reserved-seat ticket machine(話せる指定席券売機))
website
opened
former	Mohara (until 1935)
passengers	10,901 daily
pass_year	FY2019
map_type	Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan
map_dot_label	Mobara Station
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=JR East
line8	Wakashio	left8=Ōami	right8=Kazusa-Ichinomiya
line10	Sotobo	left10=Shin-Mobara	note-mid10=	right10=Yatsumi	to-left10=Soga	to-right10=Katsuura	note-left10=(limited service)	note-right10=(limited service)
line11	Sotobo	left11=Ōami	note-mid11=	right11=Kazusa-Ichinomiya	to-right11=Kazusa-Ichinomiya	to-left11=Chiba
line12	Sotobo	left12=Shin-Mobara	note-mid12=Local	right12=Yatsumi

Mobara Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Mobara Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 34.3 km from the starting point of the line at Chiba Station. Limited express Wakashio services from Tokyo to stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Talking reserved-seat ticket machines(話せる指定席券売機).

Platforms

History

Mobara Station opened on 17 April 1897, as Mohara Station on the Bōsō Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 September 1907. From 1909 to 1926 it was also the terminal of the Chōnan-Mobara-Kan Jinsha Kidō, a human-powered railway extending to Chōnan, Chiba. On 1 August 1930, the station became the terminus of the Nansō Railway, which became the Sotobō Line from 1939. It was renamed to its present name on 10 July 1935. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,901 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Chosei Municipal HospitalMobara City Hall

References

link. (2019). East Japan Railway Company

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