Awa-Kamogawa Station (安房鴨川駅) is a ground-level station in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Sotobō Line and the Uchibō Line. It opened on 11 July 1925.
History
The station opened on 11 July 1925 on the Hōjō Line, which is now part of the Uchibō Line. On 15 April 1929 the Bōsō Line was extended to Awa-Kamogawa, and the Hōjō Line became part of it. On 1 April 1933 the Bōsō Line was split at this station into the Bōsō West and Bōsō East lines. On 15 July 1972 the lines were renamed: the Bōsō West became the Uchibō Line, and the Bōsō East became the Sotobō Line. On 1 October 1974 freight handling ended.
On 22 February 1984 Emperor Showa and Empress Kōjun (香淳皇后) visited Chiba, and a special imperial train ran from Harajuku to Awa-Kamogawa. On 14 March 1985 luggage handling ended. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 14 April 1988 the east-west free passage bridge opened. On 25 March 1989 the west station roundabout was completed as part of the west side development.
The station building was refurbished in August 2006. On 24 January 2008 a lift linking the footbridge to the platform came into use. In March 2009 the waiting room was improved. On 3 March 2009 a lift on the footbridge for the free passage came into use. On 14 March 2009 Suica became usable, and the station joined the Tokyo commuter area, with automatic gates and a reserved-seat machine. In April 2012 the west roundabout improvements were completed.
On 31 January 2023 the Midori no Madoguchi closed. On 1 February 2023 a talking reserved-seat ticket machine was installed.
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