Gokan Station
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Gokan Station 後閑駅 | |||||||||||
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 Gokan Station, December 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Gokan 1237, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken 379-1305 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°40′47″N 139°00′01″E / 36.6797°N 139.0003°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 46.6 km from Takasaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 November 1926 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2017 | 785 daily | ||||||||||
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Gokan Station (後閑駅, Gokan-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Gokan Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 46.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, and Nagaoka |
| 3 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Numata, Shibukawa, Shin-Maebashi, Takasaki and Ueno |
History
[edit]Gokan Station opened on 20 November 1926.[1] Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East. As of April 20, 2018, Gokan Station became an unattended station.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 785 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Minakami Town Hall
- Tsukiyono Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 108. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Gokan Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)