Station

Nakanocho

仲ノ町

Nakanocho
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Nakanochō Station first opened on 28 December 1913 as a stop on the Chōshi Sightseeing Railway, a short-lived 5.9 km line between Chōshi and Inuboh that closed in November 1917. The route was revived on 5 July 1923 as the Chōshi Railway, with Nakanochō reopened on the original alignment. It became a Chōshi Electric Railway station on 20 August 1948 when the operator was renamed. The single side-platform-and-loop station sits 0.5 km from Chōshi and is wedged between the Yamasa soy-sauce factory complex, which surrounds the depot and yard immediately adjacent. The station is staffed during all operating hours, and the line's main offices share the wooden building.

Notes

A statue named "Bimbō ga Saru" — "poverty leaves" — was installed on the platform on 4 August 2007 as part of a tie-in with the Momotaro Dentetsu video-game series, and remains a small pilgrimage spot for fans.

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