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Nakanochō Station

Nakanochō Station
仲ノ町駅
Nakanocho Station 20151004.JPG
The station entrance in October 2015
Location 2-297 Araoi-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0056
Japan
Elevation 4.3 m
Operated by Choshi Electric Railway
Line(s) Choshi Electric Railway Line
Distance 0.5 km from Chōshi
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
History
Opened December 1913 (1913-12)
Traffic
Passengers 44 per day (FY2010)
Location
Nakanochō Station is located in Japan
Nakanochō Station
Nakanochō Station
Location within Japan

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

Nakanochō Station is served by the 6.4 km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa, and is located 0.5 km from Chōshi Station.

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

The station platform, looking east, October 2015

The station platform, looking west, with Nakanocho Depot on the left, October 2015

The station sign, October 2015

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. The railway closed in November 1917, but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway. Nakanochō was the name of the area at the time the station was built.

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

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


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