Nagata (Chiba · JR East)

Weekday departures: 22/day · Sat & holiday departures: 11/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:22 / 22:39

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (2)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• JR Sotobo Line: Oami ⇄ Honno

Nagata Station opened on 20 March 1959 as a Japanese National Railways station on what is now the Sotobō Line in the city of Ōamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture. Construction was made possible by a petition signed by 2,470 local residents, who also provided the volunteer labour needed for the embankment work. A passing loop was added on 13 July 1968 along with a staffed counter, but the station was unstaffed again from 1 July 1972. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation it joined JR East, and on 1 April 1996 it returned to staffed status during normal working hours under a subsidiary contract.

The station's original construction was a community effort: 2,470 local residents signed the petition that secured approval and then turned out to do the embankment work themselves.