Chōshi Station

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Chōshi Station
銚子駅
File:Choshi sta.jpg
Chōshi Station exterior, January 2007
Location Nishi-shibachō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken
Japan
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Connections Bus terminal
History
Opened 1 June 1897 (1897-06-01)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012, JR East) 3,395 daily

Chōshi Station (銚子駅 Chōshi-eki?) is a railway station in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Chōshi Station is the eastern terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line and serves some through trains on the Narita Line to Sawara and Narita. It is 120.5 km (74.9 mi) from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station. It also forms the terminus of the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line to Tokawa.[1]

Station layout

The JR East station facilities consist of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. A bay platform is located between the JR platforms 2 and 3 for Chōshi Electric Railway trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[2]

  • Choshi Station May 2005-1.jpg

    Platform 1, May 2005

  • Choshi Station May 2005 3.jpg

    The Dutch-style shelter for the Chōshi Electric Railway Line platform, May 2005

  • Choshi-Station-transit-wicket.jpg

    A simple Suica "touching-in point" for passengers transferring between JR East and the Choshi Electric Railway on platforms 2/3, January 2012

  • Choshi Station-Platform 20120105.jpg

    The west end of platforms 2/3, January 2012

Platforms

1 ■ Sōbu Main Line for Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo
■ Limited express Shiosai for Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo
■ Limited express Ayame for Sawara, Narita, Chiba, and Tokyo
2 ■ Sōbu Main Line for Asahi, Yōkaichiba, Narutō, and Chiba
- ■ Chōshi Electric Railway Line for Nakanochō, Inuboh, and Tokawa
3 ■ Narita Line for Sawara, Narita, and Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sōbu Main Line
Iioka Shiosai Terminus
Matsugishi Local Terminus
Narita Line
Shimōsa-Toyosato Ayame Terminus
Matsugishi Local Terminus
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Terminus - Nakanochō

History

Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway.[2] On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalized, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR).

The Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa opened on 5 July 1923, using the trackbed and infrastructure of the earlier Chōshi Sightseeing Railway (銚子遊覧鉄道 Chōshi Yūran Tetsudō?), which operated between Chōshi and Inuboh from December 1913 to November 1917.[3]

File:Old Choshi station,1950,Choshi-city,Japan.jpg
Choshi Station in the 1950s

The original station building was replaced by a new two-storey wood-frame-and-mortar building in 1936. An additional platform was added at the same time, and a new underground passage was opened linking the new platform. The 1936 station building lasted only nine years, as it was destroyed in 1945 by fire during World War II. The third-generation station building was completed in January 1948, and a further platform was added at the same time, creating the three-platform arrangement that continues to this day.[4]

After World War II, JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 31 March 1978. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

A roof was added to the entrance to the Chōshi Electric Railway platform in December 1974, and this was replaced by the present-day Dutch-style building in November 1990.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 3,395 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
JR East Choshi Electric Railway
2000 4,174[6]
2001 4,055[7]
2002 3,868[8]
2003 3,768[9]
2004 3,743[10]
2005 3,693[11]
2006 3,605[12]
2007 3,481[13] 935[14]
2008 3,324[15] 889[16]
2009 3,249[17] 795[18]
2010 3,352[19] 673[20]
2011 3,366[21]
2012 3,395[5]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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  22. ↑ Choshi Camera Museum official website Retrieved 28 January 2012. (Japanese)

External links

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