Chōshi Station

Chōshi Station (銚子駅, Chōshi-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Chōshi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and also used by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway.

Chōshi Station 銚子駅
Chōshi Station exterior in May 2018
General information
Location	Nishi-shibachō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0044 Japan
Coordinates	35°43′45″N 140°49′39″E
Operated by	JR East Choshi Electric Railway
Line(s)	■ Sobu Main Line ■ Narita Line ■ Chōshi Electric Railway Line (CD-01)
Distance	120.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms	4 (1 island platform, 2 side platforms)
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	CD01
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 June 1897 (1897-06-01)
Rebuilt	1936, 1948, 2018
Passengers
3045 daily (JR FY2019); 384 (Choshi Electric FY2018)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Iioka towards Tokyo Shiosai Terminus Matsugishi towards Chiba Sōbu Main Line Local Narita Line Preceding station Choshi Electric Railway Following station Terminus Chōshi Electric Railway Line Nakanochō towards Tokawa
Location Chōshi Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Chōshi Station Chōshi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Chōshi Station is the eastern terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line and serves some through trains on the Narita Line to Sawara and Narita. It is 120.5 km (74.9 mi) from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station. It also forms the terminus of the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line to Tokawa.^[1]

Station layout

The JR East station facilities consist of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. A bay platform is located between the JR platforms 2 and 3 for Choshi Electric Railway trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.^[2]

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  Platform 1 in May 2005
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  The Dutch-style shelter for the Chōshi Electric Railway Line platform in May 2005
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  A Suica wicket for passengers transferring between JR East and the Choshi Electric Railway on platforms 2/3 in January 2012
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  The west end of platforms 2/3 in January 2012

Platforms

1	■ Sōbu Main Line	for Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo
	■ Limited express Shiosai	for Yōkaichiba, Narutō, Chiba, and Tokyo
	■ Limited express Ayame	for Sawara, Narita, Chiba, and Tokyo
2	■ Sōbu Main Line	for Asahi, Yōkaichiba, Narutō, and Chiba
-	■ Chōshi Electric Railway Line	for Nakanochō, Inuboh, and Tokawa
3	■ Narita Line	for Sawara, Narita, and Chiba

History

Former station exterior in January 2007

Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway.^[2] On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalized, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR).

The Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Choshi to Tokawa opened on 5 July 1923, using the trackbed and infrastructure of the earlier Chōshi Sightseeing Railway (銚子遊覧鉄道, Chōshi Yūran Tetsudō), which operated between Chōshi and Inuboh from December 1913 to November 1917.^[3] The original station building was replaced by a new two-storey wood-frame-and-mortar building in 1936. An additional platform was added at the same time, and a new underground passage was opened linking the new platform. The 1936 station building lasted only nine years, as it was destroyed in 1945 by fire during World War II. The third-generation station building was completed in January 1948, and a further platform was added at the same time, creating the three-platform arrangement that continues to this day.^[4]

After World War II, JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 31 March 1978. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

A roof was added to the entrance to the Choshi Electric Railway platform in December 1974, and this was replaced by the present-day Dutch-style building in November 1990.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3045 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5] In fiscal 2018, the Choshi Electric Railway station was used by an average of 384 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
	JR East	Choshi Electric Railway
2000	4,174[7]
2001	4,055[8]
2002	3,868[9]
2003	3,768[10]
2004	3,743[11]
2005	3,693[12]
2006	3,605[13]
2007	3,481[14]	935[15]
2008	3,324[16]	889[17]
2009	3,249[18]	795[19]
2010	3,352[20]	673[21]
2011	3,366[22]
2012	3,395[23]
...
2018		384[6]
2019	3,045[5]

Surrounding area

• Chōshi City Office
• Chiba Institute of Science
• Yamasa head office and soy sauce factory
• Higeta soy sauce factory
• Choshi Camera Museum^[24]
• Futaba Elementary School
• Tone River
• National Route 124
• National Route 356

Bus terminal

The following long-distance buses operate from Choshi Station.

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
1	Kasugadai Line(circular-route bus)	Shiritsu-Kōkō mae→Kasugadai→Misaki	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the morning
		Misaki→Kasugadai→Shiritsu-Kōkō mae→Kasugadai			Runs only in the evening
2	Asahi-Choshi Line	Misaki・Aeon Choshi・Tasaki-Jinja・Īoka Shisyo(Īoka beach・Hagizono beach)	Asahi Station (Chiba)	Chiba Kōtsū
	Aeon Shuttle Line	Non stop	Aeon Mall Choshi
	Toyosato Newtown Line	Matsugishi Station・Shiishiba Station・Shimosa-Toyosato Station	Toyosato Newtown No.4
3	Express bus Inuboh(Expressway bus)	Asahi-chuo Hospital Higashi	Tokyo Station	Keisei Bus・Chiba Kōtsū	Asahi route
	Express bus Tone Liner(Expressway bus)[25]	Shisui Premium Outlets		Chiba Kōtsū	Omigawa・Sawara route
4	Kawaguchi Line	Choshi-kannon・Kawaguchi	Choshi-port Center	Keisei Taxi Narita
	Misaki-meguri Shuttle	Port Tower Wosse・Ashikajima Station・Kimigahama Station・Inubosaki Lighthouse・Inuboh Station	Chikyū Tembōkan	Chiba Kōtsu
5	Southern Cross(Night bus)	Kyoto Station・Osaka Station・Namba Station	USJ	Chiba Kōtsu・Nankai Bus
	Nagasaki Line	Choshi-ginza・Nagasaki	Kokumin-syukusya(Hotel)	Chiba Kōtsu
	Naarai Line	Naarai・Choshi Marina(Byobugaura)	Chiba Kagaku Daigaku
6	Ashikajima Line(circular-route bus)	Kasagami-Kurohae Station→Ashikajima Station	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the morning
		Ashikajima Station→Kasagami-Kurohae Station			Runs only in the evening
	Tokawa Line	Inuboh Station	Togawa Shako(Tokawa Station)
7	Tonegawa Line	Hasaki	Kashima-Jingū Station	Kanto Railway	It is possible to transfer onto the Expressway bus Hasaki, which is bound to Tokyo at Hasaki bus stop.[26][27][28]
	Kaigan Line	Hasaki・Hasaki chuo	Hasaki Kaisuiyokuzyō

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan