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, Tone, Gunma （群馬県利根郡みなかみ町後閑1237） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1926 | ||||||||||
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| FY2013 | 930 daily | ||||||||||
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Gokan Station (後閑駅, Gokan-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
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
The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage; however, one side of the island platform is not in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, and Nagaoka |
| 3 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Numata, Shibukawa, Shin-Maebashi, Takasaki and Ueno |
History
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 unmanned station.
Surrounding area
- Minakami Town Hall
- Tsukiyono Post Office
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gokan Station.
- Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)