Nakanochō Station

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Nakanochō Station

仲ノ町駅
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The station building in August 2021
Location2-297 Araoi-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0056
Japan
Coordinates35°43′44″N 140°50′01″E / 35.72889°N 140.83361°E / 35.72889; 140.83361Coordinates: 35°43′44″N 140°50′01″E / 35.72889°N 140.83361°E / 35.72889; 140.83361
Elevation4.3 m
Operated byChoshi Electric Railway
Line(s)Choshi Electric Railway Line
Distance0.5 km from Chōshi
Platforms1 (1 side platform)
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCD02
History
OpenedDecember 1913 (1913-12)
Passengers
FY201044 daily
Services
Preceding station Choshi Electric Railway Following station
Chōshi
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Terminus
 Chōshi Electric Railway Line Kannon
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towards Tokawa
Location
Nakanochō Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Nakanochō Station
Nakanochō Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture

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

Lines[]

Nakanochō Station is served by the 6.4 km (4.0 mi) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa, and is located 0.5 km (0.31 mi) from Chōshi Station.[1]

Station layout[]

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track with a passing loop.[2] The line's maintenance depot and storage yard is located immediately adjacent to the station.[3] The station is staffed.[1]

  • The station platform, looking east, in October 2015

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

  • The station sign in October 2015

History[]

Steam locomotive numbers 1 and 2 next to Nakanochō Station on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway circa 1913

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.[4] The railway closed in November 1917,[4] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[1] Nakanochō was the name of the area at the time the station was built.[2]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 44 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2007 51[6]
2008 57[7]
2009 45[8]
2010 44[5]

Surrounding area[]

  • Yamasa head office and soy sauce factory[9]
  • Futaba Elementary School

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Shirato, Sadao (June 2011). 銚子電気鉄道（上） [Choshi Electric Railway Volume One]. Japan: Neko Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-4-7770-5309-4.
  3. ^ ローカル鉄道途中下車の旅 [Local Railway All-stations Journeys]. Japan: Seibido Publishing. 1998. pp. 124–127. ISBN 4-415-09308-6.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.

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