is a junction passenger railway station located in the town of Yazu, Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture,

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. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third sector company

Wakasa Railway The is a Japanese railway line in Tottori Prefecture operated by the third-sector operating company . The line connects Kōge Station in Yazu with Wakasa Station in Wakasa. It is the only railway line operated by the Wakasa Railway. The third-s ...

Lines

Kōge Station is served by the

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, and is located 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the terminus of the 19.2 kilometer Wakasa Line on the Wakasa Railway to

Wakasa Station is a passenger railway station located in the town of Wakasa, Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third sector company Wakasa Railway. Lines Wakasa Station is a terminus of the Wakasa Line, and is located 19. ...

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform (Platform 1 and 2) is on the side of the station building, and the single side platform (Platform 3) is on the opposite side of the station building connected by a level crossing. The current station building was built together with community facilities in March 2015,

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kōge Station opened on 20 December 1919. The Wakasa Line began operations 20 January 1930. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Surrounding area

*Yazu Town Hall *Tottori Prefecture Yazu Government Office *Yazu Junior High School

References

External links

Kōge Station from JR-Odekake.net
Railway stations in Tottori Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1919 Yazu, Tottori {{Tottori-railstation-stub