Nakanochō Station

Nakanochō Station
仲ノ町駅
Nakanochō Station exterior, January 2007
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chōshi
Neighborhood etc. 2-297 Araoi-chō
Postal code288-0056
(in Japanese)千葉県銚子市新生町二丁目297
History
Year opened 1913
Rail services
Operator(s) Chōshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Statistics 44 passengers/day (FY2010)

Nakanochō Station (仲ノ町駅 Nakanochō-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

Lines

Nakanochō Station is served by the Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa, and is located 0.5 rail km from Chōshi Station.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track with a passing loop.[2] The line's maintenance depot and storage yard is located immediately adjacent to the station.[3] The station is staffed.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chōshi Electric Railway Line
Chōshi - Kannon

History

Steam locomotive numbers 1 and 2 next to Nakanochō Station on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway circa 1913

Nakanochō Station first opened in December 1913 as a station on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway (銚子遊覧鉄道 Chōshi Yūran Tetsudō), which operated a distance of 5.9 km between Chōshi and Inuboh.[4] The railway closed in November 1917,[4] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[1] Nakanochō was the name of the area at the time the station was built.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 44 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2007 51[6]
2008 57[7]
2009 45[8]
2010 44[5]

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4.
  3. ↑ ローカル鉄道途中下車の旅 [Local Railway All-stations Journeys]. Japan: Seibido Publishing. 1998. p. p.124–127. ISBN 4-415-09308-6.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shirato, Sadao (March 2014). 銚子遊覧鉄道 [Chōshi Sightseeing Railway]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese) (Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai) 64 (887): p.108-109.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.

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Coordinates: 35°43′44″N 140°50′01″E / 35.72889°N 140.83361°E