Gokurakuji Station

Gokurakuji Station

極楽寺駅
Gokurakuji Station; 極楽寺駅
	Gokurakuji Station entrance, December 2008
General information
Location	3-7-4 Gokurakuji, Kamakura, Kanagawa; （神奈川県鎌倉市極楽寺三丁目7-4）; Japan
Operated by	Enoshima Electric Railway
Line(s)	Enoshima Electric Railway
Connections	;
History
Opened	1904
Passengers
FY2011	1,592 daily

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

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

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Enoshima Electric Railway Line
Inamuragasaki		-	Kanagawa

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.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Enoden website Template:Ja icon

35°18′33″N 139°31′43″E / 35.30917°N 139.52861°E / 35.30917; 139.52861

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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