Chōshi Station
Chōshi Station 銚子駅 | |||||
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 Chōshi Station exterior, January 2007 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Nishi-shibachō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan | ||||
| Operated by | |||||
| Line(s) | |||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1897 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2012, JR East | 3,395 daily | ||||
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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]
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Platform 1, May 2005 -
The Dutch-style shelter for the Chōshi Electric Railway Line platform, May 2005 -
A simple Suica "touching-in point" for passengers transferring between JR East and the Choshi Electric Railway on platforms 2/3, January 2012 -
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]
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
- Chōshi City Office
- Chiba Institute of Science
- Yamasa head office and soy sauce factory
- Higeta soy sauce factory
- Choshi Camera Museum[22]
- Tone River
- National Route 124
- National Route 356
Bus terminal
Highway buses
- Inuboh / Tone-Liner; For Tokyo Station and Hamamatsuchō Station[23]
- For Chiba Station, Chiba-Chūō Station, Chiba-Minato Station, and Kaihin-Makuhari Station[24]
- Southern Cross; For Kyōto Station, Kyōtanabe, Ōsaka Station, Osaka City Air Terminal(JR Namba Station), and Namba Station
See also
References
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- ^ "銚子～東京駅・浜松町線". www.chibakotsu.co.jp. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "銚子～千葉・幕張線". www.chibakotsu.co.jp. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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