Soga Station


Soga station is a railway station in Chūō-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company and the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Company.

Lines

Soga station is served by the following three JR East lines.
It is the northern terminal station for the Uchibō Line and is 3.8 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station. It is 43.0 kilometers from the terminus of the Keiyō Line at Tokyo Station.
The station is also the starting point of the Keiyō Rinkai Railway Rinkai Main Line. There is a direct connection between the trains of the Rinkai Main Line and JR trains.

Station layout

Soga is an elevated station with an elevated station building, three island platforms and a total of six passenger lines. Freight lines 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

History

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

Bus routes