Chōshi

Weekday departures: 28/day+ · Sat & holiday departures: 28/day+

First / last train (weekday): 4:55 / 21:56

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map. Some lines at this station are not yet in our schedule data, so these counts are a minimum.

• Sōbu Main Line: Matsugishi

Chōshi Station opened on 1 June 1897 as the eastern terminus of the Sōbu Railway, 120.5 km from Tokyo. The Sōbu Railway was nationalised on 1 September 1907 and the station passed to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987. On 5 July 1923 the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway opened a connecting line eastward to Tokawa, reusing infrastructure left by the short-lived Chōshi Sightseeing Railway of 1913–1917. The 1936 wooden station building was destroyed by fire during the 1945 air raids, and the third-generation building was completed in January 1948. Scheduled freight ceased on 31 March 1978.

The entrance to the Chōshi Electric Railway's bay platform is sheltered by a Dutch-style canopy installed in November 1990, a deliberate gesture to the neighbouring tourist-oriented narrow-gauge line.