is a passenger railway station in the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Tateyama Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located 85.9 km from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.
Station layout The station consists of one side platform and one island platforms serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History The station opened on May 24, 1919, as on what was then called the Hōjō Line. The Hōjō Line was merged with the Bōsō Line in 1927. The station was renamed to its current name on March 1, 1946. Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 15, 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 1999.
As part of celebrations for its 100th anniversary, Tateyama Station began using heavy metal band X Japan's song "Forever Love" as its departure melody in November 2019, as the band was founded in Tateyama.
Bus terminal
Highway buses Boso Nanohana; For Tokyo Station Shinjuku Nanohana; For Shinjuku Station Nanso Satomi; For Kisarazu-Hatorino, Soga Station, Chiba Station, Chiba-Chūō Station, and Chiba-Minato Station Route buses Awa-Shirahama Bus Terminal
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1599 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
Tateyama Port Tateyama City Hall JMSDF Tateyama Air Base Chiba Prefectural Awa High School
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East Station information