Moto-Chōshi Station

Moto-Chōshi Station
本銚子駅
Moto-Chōshi Station exterior in November 2017
Location 2917 Shimizu-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken
Japan
Coordinates 35°43′52″N 140°50′52″E / 35.73111°N 140.84778°E / 35.73111; 140.84778Coordinates: 35°43′52″N 140°50′52″E / 35.73111°N 140.84778°E / 35.73111; 140.84778
Operated by Choshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Choshi Electric Railway Line
Distance 1.8 km from Chōshi
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking No
Other information
Status Unstaffed
History
Opened December 1913
Rebuilt August 2017
Electrified 1 July 1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 86 daily
Location
Moto-Chōshi Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Moto-Chōshi Station
Moto-Chōshi Station (Japan)

Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅, Moto-Chōshi-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Choshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

Lines

Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the 6.4 km (4.0 mi) Choshi 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]

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]

The station was renovated in August 2017 as part of a special Nippon Television 24-hour TV project.[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 86 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
2007189[6]
2008180[7]
2009181[8]
2010156[9]
201586[5]

Surrounding area

  • Chōshi Shimizu Elementary School

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） [Fairy tale station buildings (Station information)] (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 24時間テレビで「築94年」駅舎リフォーム　地元大喜びなのに...鉄オタ「元に戻せ」 [94-year-old station building renovated on 24-hour TV. Locals overjoyed but train enthusiasts call for return to original]. J-Cast News (in Japanese). Japan: J-Cast, Inc. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  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. ↑ 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.


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