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Coordinates: 35°43′44″N 140°50′24″E / 35.72889°N 140.84000°E / 35.72889; 140.84000
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Kannon Station

観音駅
Kannon Station in March 2007
General information
Location36-1 Maejuku-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0031
Japan
Operated byChōshi Electric Railway
Line(s)Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Distance1.1 km from Chōshi
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
OpenedDecember 1913
Passengers
FY2010108 daily
Location
Kannon Station is located in Japan
Kannon Station
Kannon Station
Location within Japan

Kannon Station (観音駅, Kannon-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

Lines

Kannon Station is served by the 6.4 km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Nakanochō and Moto-Chōshi stations, and is a distance of 1.1 km from Chōshi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track.[2] The station building was rebuilt in December 1991 to resemble a Swiss mountain railway station.[3] The station is staffed,[1] and includes a shop which bakes taiyaki cakes.[4]

History

Kannon 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.[5] The railway closed in November 1917,[5] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[1] In 1925, the station was moved to its current location, further away from Nakanochō Station.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 108 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2007 152[7]
2008 171[8]
2009 127[9]
2010 108[6]

Surrounding area

  • Enpuku-ji temple[3]
  • Chōshi Municipal Sports Centre
  • Chiba Prefectural Choshi High School

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Nakanochō - Moto-Chōshi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道(上). Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c メルヘン駅舎(各駅案内) (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. Retrieved 2 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ ローカル鉄道途中下車の旅. Japan: Seibido Publishing. 1998. pp. 124–127. ISBN 4-415-09308-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b Shirato, Sadao (March 2014). 銚子遊覧鉄道. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 64 (887). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 108–109. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2010(平成22)年度 (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2007(平成19)年度 (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2008(平成20)年度 (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2009(平成21)年度 (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

35°43′44″N 140°50′24″E / 35.72889°N 140.84000°E / 35.72889; 140.84000