Inuboh Station

Inuboh Station
犬吠駅
Inuboh Station station forecourt, January 2011
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 9591-1 Inubōzaki
Postal Code 288-0012
(in Japanese) 千葉県銚子市犬吠埼9591-1
History
Year opened 1935
Former name Tōdaimae Station
Present name since 1941
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 238 passengers/day (FY2008)[1]

Inuboh Station (犬吠駅 Inubō-eki?) is a railway station on the Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.[2]

Contents

Lines

Inuboh Station is served by the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kimigahama and Tokawa stations, and is a distance of 5.5 rail km from Chōshi Station.[2]

Station layout

The station is staffed during the daytime, and consists of one side platform serving a single track.[2] Nure senbei (moist senbei rice crackers) are made and sold inside the large Portuguese-style station building.[3]

Former Choshi Electric Railway DeHa 501 EMU car is sectioned and grounded in front of the station together with former Sagami Railway 2000 series EMU car 2022. These are used as shop and restaurant facilities.[4]

History

Inuboh Station was first opened on 5 July 1923 at a location 5.9 km from Chōshi Station and 400 m south of the location of the present-day Inuboh Station.[1] On 21 June 1935, a new temporary station opened at the present-day station of Inuboh Station, named Tōdaimae Station (燈台前駅?, lit. "lighthouse front"). This became a full-time station from 14 August 1935. With the opening of Tōdaimae Station, passenger usage of the original Inuboh Station dropped from an average of 30 passengers daily in 1930 to an average of just 13 passengers daily. The original Inuboh Station closed from 15 November 1941, from which date Tōdaimae Station was renamed Inuboh.[1] The original station structure included a roof extending over the platform, but this was damaged by a typhoon in September 1948, and not replaced.[1] A new Portuguese-style station building was completed in December 1990 with a large forecourt area for special events.[5][6]

Surrounding area

Inubōsaki Onsen

Since 1996, a number of hotels in the vicinity started boring for onsen hot springs.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Kimigahama Tokawa

See also

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. p. 32. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4. 
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ ローカル鉄道途中下車の旅 [Local Railway All-stations Journeys]. Japan: Seibido Publishing. 1998. p. 124–127. ISBN 4-415-09308-6. 
  4. ^ Satō, Toshio (December 2009). "銚子電鉄の電車たちを訪ねて [Visiting the trains of the Chōshi Electric Railway]" (in Japanese). Japan Railfan Magazine (Japan: Kōyūsha) 49 (584): p.92–96. 
  5. ^ "銚子電鉄の概要 [Choshi Electric Railway Outline]" (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/kaisha/kaisha.htm. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  6. ^ "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. 
  7. ^ "Ocean Spa Taiyou no Sato official website" (in Japanese). Japan: Yarita Inc.. http://www.inubou.jp/. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 

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