Ashikajima Station (海鹿島駅, Ashikajima-eki) 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.[1]
Ashikajima Station 海鹿島駅 | |||||||||||
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The station entrance in August 2021 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 8505 Kobatake-shinmachi, Chōshi-shi, Chiba-ken 288-0021 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°43′18″N 140°51′49″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Choshi Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Choshi Electric Railway Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3.6 km from Chōshi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (1 side platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | No | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | CD07 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 1913 (1913-12) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2010 | 147 daily | ||||||||||
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Ashikajima Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba PrefectureAshikajima Station Ashikajima Station (Japan) Show map of Japan | |||||||||||
Ashikajima Station is served by the 6.4-kilometre (4.0 mi) Chōshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Nishi-Ashikajima and Kimigahama stations, and is a distance of 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from Chōshi Station.[2]
The station is unstaffed,[2] and consists of a side platform serving a single track.
Ashikajima 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 (3.7 mi) between Chōshi and Inuboh.[3] The railway closed in November 1917,[3] but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway.[2] It was so named (literally "sea lion island") because of the large numbers of sea lions seen on the coast up until the 1950s.[4] The present-day station structure was built in 1951.[5]
Ashikajima became an unstaffed station from 1 January 2008.[2]
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 147 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6] Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 1930 | 88[5] |
| 1950 | 442[5] |
| 1978 | 411[5] |
| 2007 | 151[7] |
| 2008 | 154[8] |
| 2009 | 161[9] |
| 2010 | 147[6] |
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Stations of the Chōshi Electric Railway Line | |
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