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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gosen Station

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

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

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.

Platforms

1  Ban'etsu West Line for Maoroshi, Tsugawa and Aizu-Wakamatsu
2, 3  Ban'etsu West Line Niitsu and Niigata

History

Platform of Kanbara Railway Line, May 1999

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

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1093 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • Gosen City Hall
  • Gosen post Office
  • Gosen Minami Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.