Chōjamachi Station

Chōjamachi Station 長者町駅
Chōjamachi Station
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Isumi
Neighborhood etc.	Misakichō Chōja 81
Postal Code	299 - 4616
(in Japanese)	千葉県いすみ市岬町長者81
History
Year opened	1899
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line
Statistics	614 passengers/day (2009)

Chōjamachi Station (長者町駅, Chōjamachi-eki^?) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 52.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Chōjamachi Station was opened on December 13, 1899 as a station on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line

Station layout

Chōjamachi Station has a single island platform connected to a white-washed station building.

Platform

1	■Sotobō Line	Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
2	■Sotobō Line	For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Mobara, Soga, Chiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Taitō		Rapid	Mikado
Taitō		Local	Mikado

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information

Coordinates: 35°17′47″N 140°23′03″E / 35.2964°N 140.3843°E / 35.2964; 140.3843