Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station
KS76 Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station 鎌ヶ谷大仏駅 | |||||||||||
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 The north entrance in January 2023 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 1-8-1 Kamagaya, Kamagaya-shi, Chiba-ken 273-0105 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°45′29″N 140°00′50″E / 35.75806°N 140.01389°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Keisei Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | KS Keisei Matsudo Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 15.4 km (9.6 mi) from Matsudo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Station code | ○KS76 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 April 1955 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2017 | 14,721 daily | ||||||||||
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Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station (鎌ヶ谷大仏駅, Kamagaya-Daibutsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway.
Lines
[edit]Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station is served by the Keisei Matsudo Line, and is 15.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsudo Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Keisei Matsudo Line | for Kita-Narashino, Shin-Tsudanuma, and Keisei-Tsudanuma |
| 2 | ■ Keisei Matsudo Line | for Shin-Kamagaya, Yabashira, and Matsudo |
History
[edit]Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station opened on 8 January 1949 on the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway.
Effective April 2025, the station came under the aegis of Keisei Electric Railway as the result of the buyout of the Shin-Keisei Railway.[1][2] The move was completed on 1 April 2025.[3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 14,721 passengers daily.[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]This station is the nearest station to the Kamagaya Great Buddha and is directly south of Hatsutomi Station and north of Futawamukōdai Station.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "京成電鉄、新京成電鉄を吸収合併へ2025年4月 現在の路線・駅は維持する方針" [Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway in April 2025; Plans made to maintain current routes and stations]. Chiba Nippo (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "新京成電鉄、解散・消滅へ - 京成電鉄が吸収合併、2025年実施予定" [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway to dissolve and disappear - Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the railway in the merger, scheduled to take place in 2025]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Hello! Matsudo Line 2025年4月1日、新京成線は京成電鉄松戸線へと生まれ変わります". Keisei Electric Railway (in Japanese). 25 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ 千葉県統計年鑑（平成30年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Route Map of the Shin-Keisei Line". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
External links
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Media related to Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Keisei Railway Station information (in Japanese)