Gokan_Station
Gokan Station
Railway station in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Gokan Station (後閑駅, Gokan-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma-ken 379-1305 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.6797°N 139.0003°E / 36.6797; 139.0003 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 46.6 km from Takasaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 November 1926; 97 years ago (1926-11-20) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2017 | 785 daily | ||||||||||
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Gokan Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 46.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
The station consists of a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; 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 |
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 unattended station.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 785 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
- Minakami Town Hall
- Tsukiyono Post Office
- 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.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
