Kohoku Station

Location
	Kohoku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Kohoku Station Kohoku Station (Japan)

Kohoku Station

湖北駅
Kohoku Station; 湖北駅
	Kohoku Station north exit in July 2018
General information
Location	Nakazato 324, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1122; Japan
Coordinates	35°52′02″N 140°04′40″E / 35.8673°N 140.0779°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Narita Line
Distance	6.3 km from Abiko
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ('Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1901
Passengers
2019	3987 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kohoku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Kohoku Station Kohoku Station (Japan)

Kohoku Station (湖北駅, Kohoku-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Abiko, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kohoku Station is served by the Abiko Branch Line of the Narita Line, and is located 6.3 kilometers from the terminus of branch line at Abiko Station.

Station layout

Kohoku Station is an elevated station with a single island platform. The station building is built on a cantilever above and across the platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Narita Line	For Narita
2	■ Narita Line	For Abiko, Ueno

History

Kohoku Station was opened on April 1, 1901 as a station on the Narita Railway Company. On September 1, 1920, the Narita Railway was nationalised, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987. The station building was extensively rebuilt and modernized in 2007.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3987 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 356
Kohoku Housing District

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kohoku Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2019stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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