Nishihata Station

Nishihata Station (西畑駅, Nishihata-eki) is a railway station operated by the Isumi Railway Company's Isumi Line, located in Ōtaki, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 25.1 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the Izumi Line at Ōhara Station.

Nishihata Station 西畑駅
Location	Chiba-ken, Isumi-gun Ōtaki-machi Shōji 414-7, Ōtaki, Isumi, Chiba （千葉県夷隅郡大多喜町庄司414-7） Japan
Operated by	Isumi Railroad
Line(s)	Isumi Line
History
Opened	1937
Passengers
2009	29 daily

History

Nishihata Station was opened on February 1, 1937 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Kihara Line. Initially, only gasoline-powered locomotives serviced the station. The station was closed on June 10, 1945. It reopened on June 10, 1946 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the division and privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987, the station was acquired by the East Japan Railway Company. On March 24, 1988, the Kihara Line became the Isumi Railroad Isumi Line.

Lines

• Isumi Railway Company
  • Isumi Line

Station layout

Nishihata Station has a simple side platform serving bidirectional traffic, with a three-sided rain shelter built onto the platform. The station is unstaffed.

Platforms

1

■ Isumi Line

Ōhara, Kazusa-Nakano

Surroundings

• National Highway Route 465

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Fusamoto		Isumi Line		Kazusa-Nakano

External links

• (in Japanese) Isumi Railway Company home page