is a railway station in the city of

Gosen, Niigata is a city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,458 in 188703 households, and a population density of 138 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Gosen is located in an inland regio ...

Niigata Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Gosen Station is served by the

Ban'etsu West Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, and Niitsu Station in Akiha Ward, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture. The name "Banetsu" is taken fro ...

, and is 165.7 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office. Gosen_20040905.jpg, North side of Gosen Station, September 2004 Gosen Station South 001 May2020.jpg, South side of Gosen Station, May 2020 Gosen_Station_Interior_May2020.jpg, Station interior, May 2020

Platforms

History

The station opened on 25 October 1910. The Kanbara Railway Company's Gosen Line formerly also operated from this station from 1923 to 1999. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1093 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Gosen City Hall *Gosen post Office * Gosen Minami Elementary School Gosen_Ekimae_Shopping_Street_May2020.jpg, Ekimae Shopping Street, May 2020 Niigata_r7_Gosen_Honcho_May2020.jpg, Honcho-dori Street (Niigata prefectural road 7), May 2020

References

External links

JR East station information
Railway stations in Niigata Prefecture Ban'etsu West Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910 Gosen, Niigata {{Niigata-railstation-stub