Chōsa Station

Chōsa Station 帖佐駅
Chōsa Station in 2013
General information
Location	Higashimochida, Aira-shi, Kagoshima-ken 899-5421 Japan
Coordinates	31°43′37″N 130°37′58″E
Operated by	JR Kyushu
Line(s)	■ Nippō Main Line
Distance	445.5 kilometres (276.8 mi) from Kokura
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available at forecourt
Accessible	No - platforms linked by footbridge
Other information
Status	Staffed ticket window (outsourced)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1926 (1926-04-01)
Passengers
FY2022	1417 daily
Rank	118th (JR Kyushu)
Services
Preceding station JR Kyushu Following station Aira towards Kagoshima Nippō Main Line Kinkō towards Kokura
Location Chōsa Station Location within Kagoshima Prefecture Show map of Kagoshima Prefecture Chōsa Station Chōsa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Chōsa Station (帖佐駅, Chōsa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Aira, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line.^[1][2]

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]

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  A view of platforms and tracks.
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  A view of the ticket gate with a SUGOCA card reader. The ticket window is to the left.

Platforms

1	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Hayato, Miyakonojō and Miyazaki
2, 3	■ ■ Nippō Main Line	for Kagoshima and 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 2022, the station was used by an average of 1,417 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 118th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.^[9]

Nearby places

• Aira City Hall
• Aira City Library
• Japan National Route 10

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
2. "帖佐" [Chōsa]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
3. 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.
4. "鹿児島支店内各駅" [Stations within the Kagoshima Branch]. JRTE website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
5. "帖佐駅" [Chōsa Station]. jr-mars.dyndns.org. Retrieved 17 June 2018. See images of tickets sold.
6. 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). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 228–9, 222. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
7. 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 762. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
8. 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.
9. "駅別乗車人員上位300駅(2022年度)" [Passengers embarking by station - Top 300 stations (Fiscal 2022)] (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

Media related to Chōsa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Chōsa (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)