Train service
Weekday departures: 18/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day
First / last train (weekday): 6:50 / 22:26
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (2)
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0:00 ─ 23:00
Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.
Adjacent stations
- JR Sotobo Line: Ohara (Chiba) ⇄ Katsuura
Location
History
Onjuku Station opened on 20 June 1913 on what is now the Sotobō Line in the town of Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture. Freight handling was withdrawn on 1 July 1971 and parcel handling on 1 March 1972. The station passed to JR East at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 and was integrated into the Tokyo suburban network when Suica IC-card ticketing began on 14 March 2009. From the 16 March 2013 timetable revision all Wakashio limited-express services have stopped here. The staffed Midori-no-Madoguchi reservation window closed on 31 May 2022, and the station is now operated under contract from a hub centre at Katsuura. It lies 65.4 km from Chiba.
Notes
The station name plaque incorporates a motif from the children's song "Tsuki no Sabaku" ("Moonlit Desert"), set on Onjuku beach, and a bronze statue of an ama diver stands at the Chiba end of the platform.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-06-09