Ashikajima Station

Ashikajima Station
海鹿島駅
Ashikajima Station, January 2007
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 8505 Kobatake-shinmachi
Postal Code 288-0021
(in Japanese) 千葉県銚子市小畑新町8505
History
Year opened 1923
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 154 passengers/day (FY2008)[1]

Ashikajima Station (海鹿島駅 Ashikajima-eki?) is a railway station on the Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.[2]

Contents

Lines

Ashikajima Station is served by the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Nishi-Ashikajima and Kimigahama stations, and is a distance of 3.6 rail km from Chōshi Station.[2]

Station layout

The station is unstaffed, and consists of one side platform serving a single track.[2]

History

Ashikajima Station was opened on 5 July 1923.[2] It was so named (literally "sea lion island") because of the large numbers of sea lions seen on the coast up until the 1950s.[3] The present-day station structure was built in 1951.[1]

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Nishi-Ashikajima Kimigahama

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ashikajima_Station Ashikajima Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. p. 31. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4. 
  2. ^ a b c d 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. 
  3. ^ a b "メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） [Fairy tale station buildings (Station information)]" (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 

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