Gokurakuji Station

Gokurakuji Station (極楽寺駅, Gokurakuji-eki) is a railway station on the Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.


Gokurakuji Station

極楽寺駅
Gokurakuji Station entrance, December 2008
Location3-7-4 Gokurakuji, Kamakura, Kanagawa
（神奈川県 鎌倉市極楽寺三丁目7-4）
Japan
Operated byEnoshima Electric Railway
Line(s)Enoshima Electric Railway
Connections
    History
    Opened1904
    Passengers
    FY20111,592 daily
    Services
    Preceding station   Enoshima Electric Railway   Following station
    toward Fujisawa
    		Enoden
    toward Kamakura

    Lines

    Gokurakuji Station is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway Line, and is 7.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Enoden at Fujisawa Station.[1]

    Station layout

    The station has a single side platform serving one track for bi-directional traffic. The station is staffed.

    Platforms
    1 ■ Enoshima Electric Railway Line For Kamakura or Fujisawa

    History

    Gokurakuji Station opened on April 1, 1904.[1] In 1997, it was selected as one of the "100 Top Stations in the Kantō Region" (関東の駅百選, Kantō no eki 100 sen) by a selection committee commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of Transportation.

    Passenger statistics

    In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,592 passengers daily.[1]

    Gokurakuji Station was featured in the 2015 movie, "Our Little Sister" (Umimachi Diary) and in the early 2000s anime "Elfen Lied", by Lynn Okamoto. It was also featured in every episode of a popular Fuji TV television series, "Second to Last Love" (最後から二番目の恋, “Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi”) directed by Rieko Miyamoto, two seasons of which aired in 2012 and 2014.

    References
    1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

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