Chōshi Station
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Chōshi Station
銚子駅 |
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Chōshi Station exterior, January 2007
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| Location | Nishi-shibachō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken Japan |
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| Connections | Bus terminal |
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| Opened | 1 June 1897 |
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| Passengers (FY2012, JR East) | 3,395 daily |
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 Chōshi Station
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Chōshi Station (銚子駅 Chōshi-eki?) is a railway station in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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.
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 Chōshi Electric Railway trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Platform 1, May 2005
The Dutch-style shelter for the Chōshi Electric Railway Line platform, May 2005
A simple Suica "touching-in point" for passengers transferring between JR East and the Choshi Electric Railway on platforms 2/3, January 2012
The west end of platforms 2/3, January 2012
Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway. On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalized, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR).
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