is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Taura Station is served by the Yokosuka Line. It is located from Ōfuna Station, and from the start of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout The station has two tracks and a single island platform connected to a station building above the tracks by a footbridge. The station is located in a valley between two tunnels, limiting the usable length of the platform. As a result, 11-car trains use selective door operation at the station: the doors of the first car and the first door of the second car remain closed. The E217 series and E235 series trains used on the Yokosuka Line are equipped to keep those doors closed at the station and have warning stickers on the doors that do not open.
The station building has exits on either side of the overpass, with ticket gates in the center. Elevators were installed in March 2010 between the concourse inside the ticket gates and the platform, and between the station building outside the ticket gates and the exits. A multi-function toilet was also installed.
Platforms
History Taura Station opened on May 1, 1904 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the pre-war predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spur line from Ōfuna to serve the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and related Imperial Japanese Navy facilities at Yokosuka was renamed the Yokosuka Line in October 1909. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2,232 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 2,915 2010 2,561 2015 2,353
Surrounding area Nagaura Port JMSDF Yokosuka Hospital
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East Station information (JR East)