Chōshi Station | |
| Native Name: | 銚子駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | Nishi-shibachō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0044 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Distance: | 120.5 km from |
| Platforms: | 4 (1 island platform, 2 side platforms) |
| Connections: | Bus terminal |
| Code: | CD01 |
| Rebuilt: | 1936, 1948, 2018 |
| Passengers: | 3045 daily (JR FY2019); 384 (Choshi Electric FY2018) |
| Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Chōshi Station |
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 is the eastern terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line and serves some through trains on the Narita Line to and . It is 120.51NaN1 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 .[1]
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.
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 opened on 5 July 1923, using the trackbed and infrastructure of the earlier, which operated between Chōshi and 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]
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] | ||
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 |
※It takes about 25 minutes (about 2 km) from Choshi Station to Hasaki bus stop on foot, so fare costs only 2150 yen to use from Choshi through Tokyo if you walk to Hasaki bus stop.