is a passenger

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located in the city of Matsudo,

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

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operated by the private railway operator

Ryūtetsu The is a commuter rail line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by between Mabashi Station in Matsudo and Nagareyama Station in Nagareyama. The line and the operator company was called the and respectively until the renaming on August 1, 2 ...

. It is numbered station RN2.

Lines

Kōya Station is served by the

Nagareyama Line The is a commuter rail line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by between Mabashi Station in Matsudo, Chiba, Matsudo and Nagareyama Station in Nagareyama, Chiba, Nagareyama. The line and the operator company was called the and respectively ...

, and is located 1.7 km from the official starting point of the line at

Mabashi Station 260px, Ryutetsu Mabashi Station, June 2016 is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Ryūtetsu. Lines Mabashi Station is ...

Station layout

The station consists of one

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 ...

serving single bi-directional track.

History

Kōya Station was opened on February 3, 1961

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 4590 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Shin-Matsudo Station * Matsudo City Hall Shinmatsudo Branch * Shinmatsudo Central General Hospital

References

External links

official home page
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1961 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Matsudo {{Chiba-railstation-stub