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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 | |
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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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.
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.
| 1 | ■Sōbu Main Line | Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo |
| ■Limited express Shiosai | Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo | |
| ■Limited express Ayame | Sawara, Narita, Chiba, and Tokyo | |
| 2 | ■Sōbu Main Line | Asahi, Yōkaichiba, Narutō, and Chiba |
| - | ■Chōshi Electric Railway Line | Nakanochō, Inuboh, and Tokawa |
| 3 | ■Narita Line | Sawara, Narita, and Chiba |
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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 Japan 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]
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 3,352 passengers daily.[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] |
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Choshi_Station Choshi Station] at Wikimedia Commons
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