Gosen Station
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Gosen Station 五泉駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Gosen Station in June 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Ekimae, Gosen-shi, Niigata-ken 959-1823 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°44′05″N 139°10′47″E / 37.7346°N 139.1798°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 165.7 km from Kōriyama | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 October 1910 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2017 | 1,093 daily> | |||||||||||||||
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  Gosen Station Location within Japan | ||||||||||||||||
Gosen Station (五泉駅, Gosen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Gosen, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[edit]
Gosen Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 165.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōriyama.
Station layout[edit]
The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
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North side of Gosen Station, September 2004 -
South side of Gosen Station, May 2020 -
Station interior, May 2020
Platforms[edit]
| 1 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | for Maoroshi, Tsugawa and Aizu-Wakamatsu |
| 2, 3 | ■ Ban'etsu West Line | Niitsu and Niigata |
History[edit]
The station opened on 25 October 1910. The Kanbara Railway Company's Gosen Line formerly also operated from this station from 1923 to 1999. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics[edit]
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1093 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Gosen City Hall
- Gosen post Office
- Gosen Minami Elementary School
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Ekimae Shopping Street, May 2020 -
Honcho-dori Street (Niigata prefectural road 7), May 2020
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
External links[edit]
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
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