Hamano Station (浜野駅) is a ground-level station with an elevated concourse in Chiba city, Chiba, on the Uchibō Line, run by East Japan Railway Company. It opened on 28 March 1912 as a Kisarazu Line station.
History
The government railway opened the station on 28 March 1912 on its Kisarazu Line. On 24 May 1919 the line was renamed the Hōjō Line. On 15 April 1929 the Hōjō Line was merged into the Bōsō Line. On 1 April 1933 the Bōsō West Line was separated from the Bōsō Line, and the station became part of it.
Freight handling ended on 10 July 1968. The line was renamed the Uchibō Line on 15 July 1972. Luggage handling ended on 1 February 1984. East Japan Railway Company took over on 1 April 1987. An automatic ticket gate opened on 21 October 1995.
Elevated station construction began on 16 January 1998. The elevated station building came into use on 21 March 1999. Suica became usable on 18 November 2001.
Station work was outsourced on 25 June 2008. On 14 March 2009 the platform was extended for longer trains, and rapid trains began stopping here. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 11 March 2016.
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