Ashikajima Station

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Ashikajima Station

海鹿島駅
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The station entrance in August 2021
Location8505 Kobatake-shinmachi, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0021
Japan
Coordinates35°43′18″N 140°51′49″E / 35.72167°N 140.86361°E / 35.72167; 140.86361Coordinates: 35°43′18″N 140°51′49″E / 35.72167°N 140.86361°E / 35.72167; 140.86361
Operated byChoshi Electric Railway
Line(s)Choshi Electric Railway Line
Distance3.6 km from Chōshi
Platforms1 (1 side platform)
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingNo
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeCD07
History
OpenedDecember 1913 (1913-12)
Passengers
FY2010147 daily
Services
Preceding station Choshi Electric Railway Following station
Nishi-Ashikajima
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towards Chōshi
 Chōshi Electric Railway Line Kimigahama
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towards Tokawa
Location
Ashikajima Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Ashikajima Station
Ashikajima Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture

Ashikajima Station (海鹿島駅, Ashikajima-eki) 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 6.4-kilometre (4.0 mi) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Nishi-Ashikajima and Kimigahama stations, and is a distance of 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from Chōshi Station.[2]

Station layout[]

The station is unstaffed,[2] and consists of a side platform serving a single track.

  • View of the station from the platform side in October 2015

  • The plaque describing the station as the easternmost station in the Kanto Region

History[]

Ashikajima 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 (3.7 mi) between Chōshi and Inuboh.[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[5]
1950 442[5]
1978 411[5]
2007 151[7]
2008 154[8]
2009 161[9]
2010 147[6]

Surrounding area[]

  • Ashikajima beach[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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]. Chiba Nippo (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Nippo Co., Ltd. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Shirato, Sadao (March 2014). 銚子遊覧鉄道 [Chōshi Sightseeing Railway]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 64 (887): 108–109.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b メルヘン駅舎（各駅案内） [Fairy tale station buildings (Station information)] (in Japanese). Choshi Electric Railway. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b 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)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ 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)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ^ 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)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ^ 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)] (Excel) (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefectural Government. 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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