Kasagami-Kurohae Station

is a railway station on the privately operated Chōshi Electric Railway Line in Chōshi, Chiba, Japan.LinesKasagami-Kurohae Station is served by the 6.4km Chōshi Electric Railway Line from to. It is located between and stations, and is a distance of 2.7km from Chōshi Station.Station layoutThe station is staffed, and consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. This is the only station on the line where trains can pass in opposite directions.The station is also the location for a power substation with a 300 kW silicon rectifier which supplies 600 V DC to the line's overhead wires. A loop and siding for freight services originally existed behind the up platform, but the loop was later removed, leaving just the siding. Withdrawn EMU car DeHa 101 was previously dumped in this siding, but was disposed of in September 2009 to make space to store newly delivered 2000 series set 2002 awaiting modifications at Nakanochō depot.HistoryKasagami-Kurohae Station opened on 1 July 1925. The station name combined the name of the Kasagami-chō area in which the station was located with the name of the neighbouring Kurohae area, which was famous for roof tiles which were transported by the railway.In June 1995, a head-on collision occurred north of Kasagami-Kurohae Station between DeHa 701 on a down (Tokawa-bound) service and DeHa 1001 on an up (Chōshi-bound) service. Both cars sustained front-end damage, but were later repaired and returned to traffic.