Moto-Chōshi Station
Moto-Chōshi Station 本銚子駅 | |
|---|---|
 Moto-Chōshi Station exterior in January 2007 | |
| Location |
2917 Shimizu-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
| Operated by | Chōshi Electric Railway |
| Line(s) | Chōshi Electric Railway Line |
| Distance | 1.8 km from Chōshi |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| History | |
| Opened | December 1913 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2010) | 156 daily |
| Location | |
  Moto-Chōshi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture  Moto-Chōshi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture | |
Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅 Moto-Chōshi-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
Lines
Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the 6.4 km (4.0 mi) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kannon and Kasagami-Kurohae stations, and is a distance of 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from Chōshi Station.[1]
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single track, and is unstaffed.[1]
The platform shelter in May 2005
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chōshi Electric Railway Line | ||||
| Kannon | - | Kasagami-Kurohae | ||
History
Moto-Chōshi 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.[2] The railway closed in November 1917,[2] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[1] Motochōshi was the name of the area at the time the station was built.[3]
The station was used in the filming of the 1985 NHK TV drama Miotsukushi.[4]
The station became unstaffed from 1 January 2008.[1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 156 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 189[6] |
| 2008 | 180[7] |
| 2009 | 181[8] |
| 2010 | 156[5] |
Surrounding area
- Chōshi Shimizu Elementary School
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- 1 2 Shirato, Sadao (March 2014). 銚子遊覧鉄道 [Chōshi Sightseeing Railway]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 64 (887): 108–109.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） [Fairy tale station buildings (Station information)] (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moto-Choshi Station. |
- Choshi Electric Railway station information (in Japanese)
Coordinates: 35°43′52″N 140°50′52″E / 35.73111°N 140.84778°E