Moto-Chōshi Station
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Moto-Chōshi Station
本銚子駅 |
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Moto-Chōshi Station exterior in January 2007
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| Location | 2917 Shimizu-chō, Chōshi, Chiba （千葉県銚子市清水町2917） Japan |
| Operated by | Chōshi Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | Chōshi Electric Railway Line |
| Distance | 1.8 km from Chōshi |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
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| Opened | 1913 |
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| Passengers (FY2010) | 156 daily |
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Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅 Moto-Chōshi-eki?) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
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Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the 6.4 km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kannon and Kasagami-Kurohae stations, and is a distance of 1.8 km from Chōshi Station.[1]
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single track, and is unstaffed.[1]
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Motochoshi Station May 2005.jpg
The platform shelter in May 2005
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Chōshi Electric Railway Line | ||||
| Kannon | - | Kasagami-Kurohae | ||
History
Moto-Chōshi Station first opened in December 1913 as a station on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway (銚子遊覧鉄道 Chōshi Yūran Tetsudō?), which operated a distance of 5.9 km between Chōshi and Inuboh.[2] The railway closed in November 1917,[2] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[1] Motochōshi was the name of the area at the time the station was built.[3]
The station was used in the filming of the 1985 NHK TV drama Miotsukushi.[4]
The station became unstaffed from 1 January 2008.[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 156 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2007 | 189[6] |
| 2008 | 180[7] |
| 2009 | 181[8] |
| 2010 | 156[5] |
Surrounding area
- Chōshi Shimizu Elementary School
References
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External links
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- Choshi Electric Railway station information (Japanese)
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