Minami-Kōfu Station

Minami-Kōfu Station (南甲府駅, Minami-Kōfu-eki) is a train station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Minami-Kōfu Station 南甲府駅
JR Minami-Kōfu Station, January 2006
General information
Location	1-32 Minamiguchi-cho, Kōfu, Yamanashi （山梨県甲府市南口町1-36） Japan
Coordinates	35.6436°N 138.5784°E / 35.6436; 138.5784
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
Distance	84.0 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
History
Opened	March 30, 1928
Previous names	Kōfu-Minamiguchi (until 1938)
Passengers
2016	540 daily
Location Minami-Kōfu Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Minami-Kōfu Station Minami-Kōfu Station (Japan)

Lines

Minami-Kōfu Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 84.0 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.

Layout

Minami-Kōfu Station has one island platform connected to the station building by an underground passage. It is one of the few stations on the Minobu Line which is attended. The marshalling yard for the Minobu Line is also at this station.

Platforms

1	■ Minobu Line	For Kōfu
2	■ Minobu Line	For Fuji, Minobu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Minobu Line
Higashi-Hanawa		Limited Express Fujikawa		Kōfu
Kai-Sumiyoshi		Local		Zenkōji

History

Minami-Kōfu Station was opened on March 30, 1928 as Kōfu-Minamiguchi Station (甲府南口, Kōfu-Minamiguchi-eki) on the Fuji-Minobu Line. When operations were consigned to the government on October 1, 1938, the station name was changed to its present name. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the joint control of the Central Japan Railway Company and the Japan Freight Railway Company. All freight operations were discontinued in October 1997, and the freight depot was abandoned as of March 31, 2001.

Surrounding area

• Kōfu Minami Junior High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Minobu Line station information (in Japanese)
• JR Central station information (in Japanese)