title: Awa-Katsuyama Station
text: # Awa-Katsuyama Station
  
  Awa-Katsuyama Station (安房勝山駅, Awa-Katsuyama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Awa-Katsuyama Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 70.9 km from the starting point of the line at Soga.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a single island platform one track, with one side of the platform fenced off. The station is unattended.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | ■ Uchibo Line | for Kimitsu, Kisarazu, and Chiba for Tateyama and Awa-Kamogawa |
  | - | - |
  
  * The platform in September 2016
  
  ## History
  
  Awa-Katsuyama Station opened on August 1, 1917. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 287 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  * The station building viewed from the platform side in 1983
  * The platforms in 2000, with both sides in use
  * The station building in January 2006
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 127
  