{{short description|Railway station in Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}} {{Infobox station | name = Wadaura Station | style = JR East | native_name = 和田浦駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = Wadaura station.jpg | alt = | caption = Wadaura Station in April 2007 | other_name = | address = Wadachō Nigaura, Minamibōsō-shi Chiba-ken 299-2703 | country = Japan | coordinates ={{coord|35.0418|N|140.0197|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}} | operator = 20px JR East | line = {{colorbull|#00B2E5}} Uchibō Line | distance = 106.8km from {{STN|Soga|x}} | platforms = 2 side platforms | tracks = | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Unstaffed | website = {{official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1700}} | opened = December 20, 1922 | closed = | former = | passengers = 94 | pass_year = FY2015 | map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Wadaura Station | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Uchibo|left=Minamihara|note-mid=Local|right=Emi}} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Wadaura Station'''|和田浦駅|Wadaura-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
==Lines== Wadaura Station is served by the Uchibō Line, and is located {{convert|106.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the western terminus of the line at Soga Station.
==Station layout== The station is an at-grade station with two sets of rails running between two opposing side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
===Platforms=== {{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|linename= Uchibō Line|linecol=#00B2E5|dir=for {{STN|Tateyama|x|Chiba}}, {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}, and {{STN|Chiba|x}}}} {{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|nidx= Uchibō Line|linecol=#00B2E5|dir=for {{STN|Awa-Kamogawa|x}}, {{STN|Mobara|x}}, and {{STN|Chiba|x}}}}
==History== Wadaura Station was opened on December 20, 1922. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A whale-shaped station building was completed in 1995.
==Passenger statistics== In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 94 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).<ref name="jreast2015stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_09.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)|year= 2016|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2020}}</ref>
==Surrounding area== * Wadaura Seawater Bath * Minamibōsō City Hall Wada Branch (Formerly the Wada Town Hall) * {{jct|country=JPN|Route|126}} * Hiking path to Mount Karasuba
==See also== * List of railway stations in Japan
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1700 JR East Station information] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922 Category:Uchibō Line Category:Minamibōsō
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