Kannon Station


Kannon Station 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 to. It is between and stations and is one kilometer 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 that baked taiyaki cakes.

History

Kannon 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. 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. The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
2007152
2008171
2009127
2010108

Surrounding area