Chōshi Station
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Chōshi Station
銚子駅
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| Chōshi Station exterior, January 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Chōshi |
| Neighborhood etc. | Nishi-shibachō |
| Postal Code | 288-0044 |
| (in Japanese) | 千葉県銚子市西芝町 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1897 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East Chōshi Electric Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Sōbu Main Line Narita Line Chōshi Electric Railway Line |
| Statistics | 3,352 passengers/day (FY2010, JR East) |
 Small bus terminal at this station |
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Chōshi Station (銚子駅 Chōshi-eki) is a railway station in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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[edit] Lines
Chōshi Station is the eastern terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line and 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 Chōshi Electric Railway Line to Tokawa.
[edit] 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" ticket office.[1]
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Sōbu Main Line | ||||
| Iioka | Shiosai | Terminus | ||
| Matsugishi | Local | Terminus | ||
| Narita Line | ||||
| Shimōsa-Toyosato | Ayame | Terminus | ||
| Matsugishi | Local | Terminus | ||
| Chōshi Electric Railway Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Nakanochō | ||
[edit] History
Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[3]
[edit] Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 3,352 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 4,174[5] |
| 2001 | 4,055[6] |
| 2002 | 3,868[7] |
| 2003 | 3,768[8] |
| 2004 | 3,743[9] |
| 2005 | 3,693[10] |
| 2006 | 3,605[11] |
| 2007 | 3,481[12] |
| 2008 | 3,324[13] |
| 2009 | 3,249[14] |
| 2010 | 3,352[4] |
[edit] Surrounding area
- Chōshi City Office
- Chiba Institute of Science
- Yamasa head office and soy sauce factory
- Higeta soy sauce factory
- Choshi Camera Museum[15]
- Tone River
- National Route 124
- National Route 356
[edit] References
- ^ a b "各駅情報（銚子駅） [Station Information: Chōshi Station]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=993. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ a b Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. p. 22-23. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4.
- ^ a b "各駅の乗車人員 （2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2001年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2001_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2002年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2002_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2003年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2003_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2004年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2004_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2006年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2006_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2007年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2007_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2008年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2008_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "各駅の乗車人員 （2009年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2009_02.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ Choshi Camera Museum official website Retrieved 28 January 2012. (Japanese)
[edit] External links
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- JR East station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°43′45″N 140°49′39″E / 35.72917°N 140.8275°E
