Moto-Chōshi Station

Moto-Chōshi Station
本銚子駅
Moto-Chōshi Station exterior, January 2007
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 2917 Shimizu-chō
Postal Code 288-0063
(in Japanese) 千葉県銚子市清水町2917
History
Year opened 1923
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 470 passengers/day (FY2000)[1]

Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅 Moto-Chōshi-eki?) is a railway station on the Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.[1]

Contents

Lines

Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kannon and Kasagami-Kurohae stations, and is a distance of 1.8 rail km from Chōshi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track, and is normally unstaffed.[1]

It was used in the filming of the 1985 NHK TV drama Miotsukushi.[2]

History

Moto-Chōshi Station was opened on 5 July 1923.[1] Motochōshi was the name of the area at the time the station was built.[3]

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Kannon Kasagami-Kurohae

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Moto-Choshi_Station Moto-Choshi Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. p. 29. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4. 

External links

Chōshi · Nakanochō · Kannon · Moto-Chōshi · Kasagami-Kurohae · Nishi-Ashikajima · Ashikajima · Kimigahama · Inuboh · Tokawa