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Kannon Station

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Distance
  
1.1 km from Chōshi

Passengers (FY2010)
  
108 daily

Opened
  
December 1913

Tracks
  
1

Address
  
Japan

Platforms in use
  
1

Kannon Station

Location
  
36-1 Maejuku-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0031Japan

Operated by
  
Chōshi Electric Railway

Similar
  
Nakanochō Station, Moto‑Chōshi Station, Kasagami‑Kurohae Station, Nishi‑Ashikajima Station, Inuboh Station

Kannon Station (観音駅, Kannon-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

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Lines

Kannon Station is served by the 6.4 km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Nakanochō and Moto-Chōshi stations, and is a distance of 1.1 km from Chōshi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single track. The station building was rebuilt in December 1991 to resemble a Swiss mountain railway station. The station is staffed, and, until March 2017, included a shop which bakes taiyaki cakes.

History

Kannon 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. The railway closed in November 1917, but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway. In 1925, the station was moved to its current location, further away from Nakanochō Station.

The taiyaki cake shop inside the station was scheduled to close at the end of March 2017, over 40 years after it opened in 1976.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 108 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

  • Enpuku-ji temple
  • Chōshi Municipal Sports Centre
  • Chiba Prefectural Choshi High School
  • References

    Kannon Station Wikipedia


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