Chōshi Station

Chōshi Station is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Chōshi, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company and also used by the private railway operator Choshi Electric Railway.

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Lines

Chōshi Station is the eastern terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line and serves some through trains on the Narita Line to and. It is from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station. It also forms the terminus of the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line to.

Station layout

The JR East station facilities consist of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. A bay platform is located between the JR platforms 2 and 3 for Choshi Electric Railway trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

History

Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway. On 1 September 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalized, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway.
The Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Choshi to opened on 5 July 1923, using the trackbed and infrastructure of the earlier Chōshi Sightseeing Railway, which operated between Chōshi and from December 1913 to November 1917.
The original station building was replaced by a new two-storey wood-frame-and-mortar building in 1936. An additional platform was added at the same time, and a new underground passage was opened linking the new platform. The 1936 station building lasted only nine years, as it was destroyed in 1945 by fire during World War II. The third-generation station building was completed in January 1948, and a further platform was added at the same time, creating the three-platform arrangement that continues to this day.
After World War II, JGR became the Japanese National Railways. Scheduled freight operations were suspended from 31 March 1978. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.
A roof was added to the entrance to the Choshi Electric Railway platform in December 1974, and this was replaced by the present-day Dutch-style building in November 1990.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 3045 passengers daily. In fiscal 2018, the Choshi Electric Railway station was used by an average of 384 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average	Daily average
Fiscal year	JR East	Choshi Electric Railway
2000	4,174
2001	4,055
2002	3,868
2003	3,768
2004	3,743
2005	3,693
2006	3,605
2007	3,481	935
2008	3,324	889
2009	3,249	795
2010	3,352	673
2011	3,366
2012	3,395
...
2018		384
2019	3,045

Surrounding area

Chōshi City Office
Chiba Institute of Science
Yamasa head office and soy sauce factory
Higeta soy sauce factory
Choshi Camera Museum
Futaba Elementary School
Tone River

Bus terminal

The following long-distance buses operate from Choshi Station.

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company	Note
1	Kasugadai Line	Shiritsu-Kōkō mae→Kasugadai→Misaki	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the morning
1	Kasugadai Line	Misaki→Kasugadai→Shiritsu-Kōkō mae→Kasugadai	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the evening
2	Asahi-Choshi Line	Misaki・Aeon Choshi・Tasaki-Jinja・Īoka Shisyo	Asahi Station (Chiba)	Chiba Kōtsū
2	Aeon Shuttle Line	Non stop	Aeon Mall Choshi	Chiba Kōtsū
2	Toyosato Newtown Line	Matsugishi Station・Shiishiba Station・Shimosa-Toyosato Station	Toyosato Newtown No.4	Chiba Kōtsū
3	Express bus Inuboh	Asahi-chuo Hospital Higashi	Tokyo Station	Keisei Bus・Chiba Kōtsū	Asahi route
3	Express bus Tone Liner	Shisui Premium Outlets	Tokyo Station	Chiba Kōtsū	Omigawa・Sawara route
4	Kawaguchi Line	Choshi-kannon・Kawaguchi	Choshi-port Center	Keisei Taxi Narita
4	Misaki-meguri Shuttle	Port Tower Wosse・Ashikajima Station・Kimigahama Station・Inubosaki Lighthouse・Inuboh Station	Chikyū Tembōkan	Chiba Kōtsu
5	Southern Cross	Kyoto Station・Osaka Station・Namba Station	USJ	Chiba Kōtsu・Nankai Bus
5	Nagasaki Line	Choshi-ginza・Nagasaki	Kokumin-syukusya	Chiba Kōtsu
5	Naarai Line	Naarai・Choshi Marina	Chiba Kagaku Daigaku	Chiba Kōtsu
6	Ashikajima Line	Kasagami-Kurohae Station→Ashikajima Station	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the morning
6	Ashikajima Line	Ashikajima Station→Kasagami-Kurohae Station	Choshi Station	Keisei Taxi Narita	Runs only in the evening
6	Tokawa Line	Inuboh Station	Togawa Shako	Keisei Taxi Narita
7	Tonegawa Line	Hasaki	Kashima-Jingū Station	Kanto Railway	It is possible to transfer onto the Expressway bus Hasaki, which is bound to Tokyo at Hasaki bus stop.
7	Kaigan Line	Hasaki・Hasaki chuo	Hasaki Kaisuiyokuzyō	Kanto Railway	It is possible to transfer onto the Expressway bus Hasaki, which is bound to Tokyo at Hasaki bus stop.