Moto-Chōshi Station

Moto-Chōshi Station (本銚子駅) is a railway station on the privately operated Choshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.

Lines
Moto-Chōshi Station is served by the 6.4 km Choshi Electric Railway Line from Chōshi to Tokawa. It is located between Kannon and Kasagami-Kurohae stations, and is a distance of 1.8 km from Chōshi Station.

Station layout
The station consists of one side platform serving a single track, and is unstaffed.

History
Moto-Chōshi Station first opened in December 1913 as a station on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway (銚子遊覧鉄道), which operated a distance of 5.9 km between Chōshi and Inuboh. The railway closed in November 1917, but was reopened on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway. Motochōshi was the name of the area at the time the station was built.

The station was used in the filming of the 1985 NHK TV drama Miotsukushi.

The station became unstaffed from 1 January 2008.

The station was renovated in August 2017 as part of a special Nippon Television 24-hour TV project.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 86 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for past years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

 * Chōshi Shimizu Elementary School