Chōjamachi Station (長者町駅, Chōjamachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Chōjamachi Station 長者町駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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Chōjamachi Station in March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Misakichō Chōja 81, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 299-4616 Japan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°17′47″N 140°23′03″E / 35.2964°N 140.3843°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Sotobō Line | |||||||||||||||
Distance | 52.1 km from Chiba | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 13 December 1899 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 334 | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editChōjamachi Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 52.1 km (32.4 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single island platform connected to a white-washed station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platform
edit1 | ■ Sotobō Line | Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa |
2 | ■ Sotobō Line | For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, Chiba |
History
editChōjamachi Station was opened on 13 December 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On 1 September 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on 1 October 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on 1 April 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 334 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- National Route 128
- former Misakipachi town hall
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Chōjamachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)