Ashikajima Station Explained
is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan. The station is the easternmost station in the Kanto region, and a plaque erected in February 2012 stands on the station platform indicating this.[1]
Lines
Ashikajima Station is served by the 6.4km (04miles) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from to . It is located between and stations, and is a distance of 3.6km (02.2miles) from Chōshi Station.[2]
Station layout
The station is unstaffed,[2] and consists of a side platform serving a single track.
History
Ashikajima Station first opened in December 1913 as a station on the, which operated a distance of 5.9km (03.7miles) between and .[3] The railway closed in November 1917,[3] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[2] It was so named (literally "sea lion island") because of the large numbers of sea lions seen on the coast up until the 1950s.[4] The present-day station structure was built in 1951.[5]
Ashikajima became an unstaffed station from 1 January 2008.[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 147 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6] Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|
| 1930 | 88 |
| 1950 | 442 |
| 1978 | 411 |
| 2007 | 151[7] |
| 2008 | 154[8] |
| 2009 | 161[9] |
| 2010 | 147 | |
Surrounding area
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://www.chibanippo.co.jp/c/news/local/70629. ja:ココが「関東最東端の駅」 銚子電鉄・海鹿島駅に標柱. Easternmost station in Kanto: Choshi Electric Railway Ashikajima Station. 28 February 2012. Chiba Nippo. Chiba Nippo Co., Ltd. . Japan. Japanese. 28 August 2012.
- Book: Terada, Hirokazu . ja: データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . 19 January 2013 . Japan . 208. 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- Shirato. Sadao. ja:銚子遊覧鉄道. Chōshi Sightseeing Railway. The Railway Pictorial . 64. 887 . 108–109 . Denkisha Kenkyūkai . Japan . Japanese . March 2014.
- Web site: http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm . ja:メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） . Fairy tale station buildings (Station information) . Choshi Electric Railway . Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095037/http://www.choshi-dentetsu.jp/eki/eki.htm . 10 May 2013 . 2 June 2014 . dead.
- Book: Shirato, Sadao . ja: 銚子電気鉄道（上） . Choshi Electric Railway Volume One . Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. June 2011 . Japan . 31. 978-4-7770-5309-4.
- Web site: https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls . ja: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). 2011. Chiba Prefectural Government . Japan. Japanese. Excel . 2 June 2014.
- Web site: https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls . ja: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). 2011. Chiba Prefectural Government . Japan. Japanese. Excel . 2 June 2014.
- Web site: https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls . ja: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). 2011. Chiba Prefectural Government . Japan. Japanese. Excel . 2 June 2014.
- Web site: https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls . ja: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). 2011. Chiba Prefectural Government . Japan. Japanese. Excel . 2 June 2014.
