Kimigahama Station

Kimigahama Station
君ヶ浜駅
Exterior of Kimigahama Station, September 2009
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 8987-4 Kimigahama
Postal code288-0011
(in Japanese)千葉県銚子市君ケ浜8987-4
History
Year opened 1931
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 16 passengers/day (FY2010)

Kimigahama Station (君ヶ浜駅 Kimigahama-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

Lines

Kimigahama Station is served by the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Ashikajima and Inuboh stations, and is a distance of 4.7 rail km from Chōshi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station is unstaffed, and consists of a side platform serving a single track.[1] There is no station building or shelter.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Ashikajima - Inuboh

History

Kimigahama Station in January 2007, showing the Italian-style archway before dismantlement

Kimigahama Station opened on 21 June 1931.[1] The original western-style station building fell into disrepair in the post-war years, and was eventually demolished, leaving just the platform.[2] In December 1990, a white Italian-style archway was added, but this was partially demolished in February 2007, leaving just the bare pillars.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 16 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2007 17[5]
2008 16[6]
2009 18[7]
2010 16[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） [Fairy tale station buildings (Station information)] (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2010(平成22)年度 [Private railway average daily passenger figures by station (Fiscal 2010)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2007(平成19)年度 [Private railway average daily passenger figures by station (Fiscal 2008)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2008(平成20)年度 [Private railway average daily passenger figures by station (Fiscal 2008)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況 2009(平成21)年度 [Private railway average daily passenger figures by station (Fiscal 2009)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°42′49″N 140°51′38″E / 35.71361°N 140.86056°E