Tracks 1 Opened December 1913 | Platforms 1 side platform Address Japan | |
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Location 2917 Shimizu-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-kenJapan Operated by Chōshi Electric Railway Similar Kannon Station, Nishi‑Ashikajima Station, Kasagami‑Kurohae Station, Nakanochō Station, Ashikajima Station | ||
Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅, Moto-Chōshi-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
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Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the 6.4 km (4.0 mi) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kannon and Kasagami-Kurohae stations, and is a distance of 1.8 km (1.1 mi) from Chōshi Station.
Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single track, and is unstaffed.
History
Moto-Chōshi 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. Motochōshi was the name of the area at the time the station was built.
The station was used in the filming of the 1985 NHK TV drama Miotsukushi.
The station became unstaffed from 1 January 2008.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 156 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.