Chōjamachi Station

Chōjamachi Station
長者町駅
Chōjamachi Station
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Isumi
Neighborhood etc. Misakichō Chōja 81
Postal code299 - 4616
(in Japanese)千葉県いすみ市岬町長者81
History
Year opened 1899
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Sotobō Line
Statistics 614 passengers/day (2009)

Chōjamachi Station (長者町駅 Chōjamachi-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 52.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Chōjamachi Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.

Lines

Station layout

Chōjamachi Station has a single island platform connected to a white-washed station building.

Platform

1 Sotobō Line Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
2 Sotobō Line For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Taitō Rapid Mikado
Taitō Local Mikado
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Coordinates: 35°17′47″N 140°23′03″E / 35.2964°N 140.3843°E