Chōsa Station
Chōsa Station (帖佐駅, Chōsa-eki) is a railway station in Aira, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by of JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.[1][2]
Chōsa Station 帖佐駅 | |
|---|---|
 Chōsa Station in 2013 | |
| Location | Higashimochida, Aira, Kagoshima （鹿児島県姶良市東餅田） Japan |
| Coordinates | 31°43′37″N 130°37′58″E |
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR Kyushu |
| Line(s) | ■ Nippō Main Line |
| Distance | 445.5 km from Kokura |
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At grade |
| Parking | Available at forecourt |
| Disabled access | No - platforms linked by footbridge |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed ticket window (outsourced) |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 April 1926 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2016 | 1,491 daily |
| Rank | 117th |
| Location | |
  Chōsa Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
The station is served by the Nippō Main Line and is located 445.5 km from the starting point of the line at Kokura.[3]
Layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. The station building is a wooden building in European style with a sloping tiled roof. It houses a waiting area, automatic ticket vending machines, SUGOCA card readers and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge.[2][3]
Management of the passenger facilities at the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket booth which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have a Midori no Madoguchi facility.[4][5]
A view of platforms and tracks.
A view of the ticket gate with a SUGOCA card reader. The ticket window is to the left.
Platforms
JR
| 1・2 | ■Nippō Main Line | For Kagoshima-Chūō |
| ■Nippō Main Line | for Kajiki and Kirishima-Jingū and Miyakonojō and Miyazaki | |
| 3 | ■Nippō Main Line | for Kagoshima-Chūō |
History
The station was opened on 1 April 1926 by Japanese Government Railways (JGR) as an additional station on the existing track of what was then part of the route of the Kagoshima Main Line. By 1927, however, another track had been laid from Yatsushiro through Sendai down the west coast of Kyushu to Kagoshima and this was now designated as part of the Kagoshima Main Line. The route from Yatsushiro through Hayato and Chōsa to Kagoshima was then designated as the Hisatsu Line on 17 October 1927. By the end of 1932, further expansion and link ups with other networks to the east of Hayato had resulted in another line providing through-traffic from the north of Kyushu at Kokura to Kagoshima down the east coast of Kyushu. The entire stretch of this track was then redesignated as the Nippō Main Line on 6 December 1932. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR), the successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, Chōsa came under the control of JR Kyushu.[6][7][8]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,491 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 117th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[9]
Nearby places
- Aira City Hall
- Aira City Library
- Japan National Route 10
See also
References
- "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "帖佐" [Chōsa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第7巻 宮崎・鹿児島・沖縄エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 7 Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 35, 93. ISBN 9784062951661.
- "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- "帖佐駅" [Chōsa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 17 June 2018. See images of tickets sold.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9, 222. ISBN 4533029809.
- Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 762. ISBN 4533029809.
- Imao, Keisuke (2009). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 12号 九州 沖縄―全線・全駅・全廃線 [Japan Rail Travel Atlas No. 12 Kyushu Okinawa - all lines, all stations and disused lines] (in Japanese). Mook. p. 59. ISBN 9784107900302.
- "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（平成28年度）" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
