Sakura Station (Chiba)
Encyclopedia
is a railway station operated by JR East
located in Sakura
, Chiba Prefecture
, Japan
.
on September 1, 1907 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways
(JGR), as was the Narita Railway on September 1, 1920. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways
(JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1984. A new station building was completed in December 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization
of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Category:Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
located in Sakura
Sakura, Chiba
is a city located in northern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2011, the city had an estimated population of 172,176 and a population density of 1660 persons per km². The total area was 103.59 km².-Geography:...
, Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
History
Sakura Station was opened on July 20, 1894 as a terminal station on the Sōbu Railway Company for both freight and passenger operations. The Narita Railway connected to Sakura Station on January 19, 1897, and the Sōbu Railway was extended to Naruto Station on May 1 of the same year. The Sōbu Railway was nationalisedNationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
on September 1, 1907 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
(JGR), as was the Narita Railway on September 1, 1920. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
(JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1984. A new station building was completed in December 1985. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
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Category:Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture