is a

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operated by the Kominato Railway Company's

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, located in Ichihara,

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. It is 34.9 kilometers from the western terminus of the Kominato Line at

Goi Station is a railway station in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Kominato Railway. Lines Goi station is served by the Uchibo Line and the Kominato Line. Station layout The ...

History

Yōrōkeikoku Station was opened on May 16, 1928 as . It was renamed to its present name in December 1954.

Lines

*Kominato Railway Company **

Station layout

Yōrōkeikoku Station has a single

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 ...

and a

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 ...

; however, at present only the side platform is in use, serving bidirectional traffic. The station is one of the few on the Kominato line which is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

External links

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Kominato Railway Company home page
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