Nakanochō Station (仲ノ町駅, Nakanochō-eki) is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.
 Nakanochō Station 仲ノ町駅 | |||||||||||
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 The station building in August 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2-297 Araoi-chō, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0056 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°43′44″N 140°50′01″E / 35.72889°N 140.83361°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 4.3 m | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Choshi Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Choshi Electric Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 0.5 km from Chōshi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | CD02 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 1913 | ||||||||||
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| FY2010 | 44 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editNakanochō 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
editThe 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]
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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
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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
editIn 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 |
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| 2007 | 51[6] |
| 2008 | 57[7] |
| 2009 | 45[8] |
| 2010 | 44[5] |
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Shirato, Sadao (March 2014). 銚子遊覧鉄道 [Chōshi Sightseeing Railway]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 64 (887). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 108–109.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Choshi Electric Railway station information (in Japanese)