Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station

Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station 鎌ヶ谷大仏駅
The north entrance in January 2023
General information
Location	1-8-1 Kamagaya, Kamagaya-shi, Chiba-ken 273-0105 Japan
Coordinates	35°45′29″N 140°00′50″E
Operated by	Shin-Keisei
Line(s)	SL Shin-Keisei Line
Distance	15.4 km (9.6 mi) from Matsudo
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Station code	○SL13
Website	Official website
History
Opened	21 April 1955; 69 years ago (1955-04-21)
Passengers
FY2017	14,721 daily
Services
Preceding station Shin-Keisei Following station Hatsutomi SL12 towards Matsudo Shin-Keisei Line Futawamukōdai SL14 towards Keisei Tsudanuma
Location Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station (鎌ヶ谷大仏駅, Kamagaya-Daibutsu-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Shin-Keisei Electric Railway.

Lines

Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station is served by the Shin-Keisei Line, and is 15.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Matsudo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform with an elevated station building.

Platforms

1	■ Shin-Keisei Line	for Kita-Narashino, Shin-Tsudanuma, and Keisei-Tsudanuma
2	■ Shin-Keisei Line	for Shin-Kamagaya, Yabashira, and Matsudo

History

Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station opened on 8 January 1949.

Future plans

Effective April 2025, the station is to come under the aegis of Keisei Electric Railway as the result of the buyout of the Shin-Keisei Railway.^[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 14,721 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

This station is the nearest station to the Kamagaya Great Buddha and is directly south of Hatsutomi Station and north of Futawamukōdai Station.^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "京成電鉄、新京成電鉄を吸収合併へ2025年4月 現在の路線・駅は維持する方針" [Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway in April 2025; Plans made to maintain current routes and stations]. Chiba Nippo (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
2. "新京成電鉄、解散・消滅へ - 京成電鉄が吸収合併、2025年実施予定" [Shin-Keisei Electric Railway to dissolve and disappear - Keisei Electric Railway will absorb the railway in the merger, scheduled to take place in 2025]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
3. 千葉県統計年鑑（平成30年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. "Route Map of the Shin-Keisei Line". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

External links

Media related to Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Shin Keisei Railway Station information (in Japanese)