Obitsu Station 小櫃駅
Obitsu Station in March 2014
General information
Location	Sueyoshi 152, Kimitsu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0451 Japan
Coordinates	35°19′42.15″N140°3′35.63″E / 35.3283750°N 140.0598972°E /35.3283750; 140.0598972
Operated by	JR East
Line	■Kururi Line
Distance	18.2 km fromKisarazu
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2006	154 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shimogōri towardsKisarazu Kururi Line Tawarada towardsKazusa-Kameyama
Location Obitsu Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Obitsu Station Obitsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Obitsu Station (小櫃駅,Obitsu-eki) is a passengerrailway station in the city ofKimitsu,Chiba Prefecture,Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Obitsu Station is a station on theKururi Line, and is located 18.2 km from theterminus of the line atKisarazu Station.

The station consists of a singleside 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.

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

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 154 passengers daily.^[1]

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