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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kōzu Station (Kanagawa)

Kōzu Station (国府津駅, Kōzu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by operated by both the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Kōzu Station is served by both the Tōkaidō Main Line and Gotemba Line, and is located 77.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Some trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also stop at this station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1,2 JT Tōkaidō Line for Odawara, Atami, Numazu
JT Itō Line for Itō
3  Gotemba Line for Matsuda, Yamakita, Gotemba, and Numazu
4,5 JT Tokaido Line
(Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)

History

The original station building

Kōzu Station opened on July 11, 1887. With the dissolution and privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station became a border station under the control of both JR East and JR Central.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,845 passengers daily.

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 12,122
2010 6,441
2015 6,322

Surrounding area

  • Kōzu Post Office
  • Kōzu Elementary School
  • Kōzu Junior High School
  • Yamachika Memorial Hospital

See also