Tokawa Station

Tokawa Station
外川駅
Tokawa Station station exterior, January 2007
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 2-10636 Tokawa-machi
Postal Code 288-0014
(in Japanese) 千葉県銚子市外川町二丁目10636
History
Year opened 1923
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 242 passengers/day (FY2008)[1]

Tokawa Station (外川駅 Tokawa-eki?) is a railway station on the Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.[2]

Contents

Lines

Tokawa Station forms the southern terminus of the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi and is a distance of 6.4 rail km from Chōshi Station.[2]

Station layout

The station is staffed,[2] and consists of one side platform serving a single track, with a run-around loop used as a storage siding.[1]

History

Tokawa Station was opened on 5 July 1923.[2][3]

Film location

The station building has been used as a filming location, including the 1985 NHK TV drama series Mio-tsukushi (澪つくし?).[1]

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Inuboh Terminus

References

  1. ^ a b c 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 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. ^ "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. 

External links

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