Ashikajima Station
Railway station in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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::summary Railway station in Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | [[File:CD-07 station number.png |
| Ashikajima Station | |
| native_name | 海鹿島駅 |
| native_name_lang | ja |
| image | Station Ashikajima te Chōshi, -16 juli 2023 15：06.jpg |
| caption | The station entrance in July 2023 |
| address | 8505 Kobatake-shinmachi, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0021 |
| country | Japan |
| coordinates | |
| status | Unstaffed |
| operator | Choshi Electric Railway |
| line | Choshi Electric Railway Line |
| distance | 3.6 km from |
| platforms | 1 (1 side platform) |
| tracks | 1 |
| parking | No |
| code | CD07 |
| opened | |
| closed | |
| passengers | 147 daily |
| pass_year | FY2010 |
| map_type | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
| map_dot_label | Ashikajima Station |
| services | |
| :: |
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Ashikajima Station 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.
Lines
Ashikajima Station is served by the 6.4 km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from to . It is located between and stations, and is a distance of 3.6 km from Chōshi Station.
Station layout
The station is unstaffed, and consists of a side platform serving a single track.
File:Ashikajima Station platform 20151004.JPG|View of the station from the platform side in October 2015 File:Ashikajima Station plaque 20130824.JPG|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, which operated a distance of 5.9 km between and . The railway closed in November 1917, but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway. It was so named (literally "sea lion island") because of the large numbers of sea lions seen on the coast up until the 1950s. The present-day station structure was built in 1951.
Ashikajima became an unstaffed station from 1 January 2008.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 147 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
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| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 1930 | 88 |
| 1950 | 442 |
| 1978 | 411 |
| 2007 | url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls |
| 2008 | url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls |
| 2009 | url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h23/documents/111n.xls |
| 2010 | 147 |
| :: |
Surrounding area
- Ashikajima beach
References
References
- link. (28 February 2012). Chiba Nippo. Chiba Nippo Co., Ltd.
- Terada. Hirokazu. Neko Publishing. (19 January 2013)
- Shirato. Sadao. The Railway Pictorial. Denkisha Kenkyūkai. (March 2014)
- link. Choshi Electric Railway
- Shirato. Sadao. Neko Publishing Co., Ltd.. (June 2011)
- link. (2011). Chiba Prefectural Government
- link. (2011). Chiba Prefectural Government
- link. (2011). Chiba Prefectural Government
- link. (2011). Chiba Prefectural Government
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