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).

Gosen Station 五泉駅
Gosen Station in June 2008
Location	1-1-1 Ekimae, Gosen-shi, Niigata-ken 959-1823 Japan
Coordinates	37.7346°N 139.1798°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ban'etsu West Line
Distance	165.7 km from Kōriyama
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 October 1910
Passengers
FY2017	1,093 daily>
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Niitsu Terminus Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Agano Maoroshi toward Aizu-Wakamatsu Kita-Gosen toward Niitsu Ban'etsu West Line Local Saruwada toward Kōriyama
Location
Gosen Station Location within Japan

Gosen Station in winter

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.

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  North side of Gosen Station, September 2004
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  South side of Gosen Station, May 2020
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  Station interior, May 2020

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).[1]

Surrounding area

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

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  Ekimae Shopping Street, May 2020
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  Honcho-dori Street (Niigata prefectural road 7), May 2020

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)