is a passenger

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located in the city of Matsudo,

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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, ...

. It is numbered station RN3.

Lines

Kogane-Jōshi Station is served by the

Nagareyama Line 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, ...

, and is located 2.8 km from the official starting point of the line at

Mabashi Station file:Ryutetsu-Mabashi-Sta-View-from-JR.JPG, 260px, Ryutetsu Mabashi Station, June 2016 is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the pr ...

Station layout

The station consists of one

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Nagareyama Line

History

Kogane-Jōshi Station was opened on December 24, 1953.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1629 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Chiba Aiyukai Memorial Hospital * Chiba Prefectural Kogane High School * Matsudo City Kogane Junior High School

References

External links

official home page
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1953 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Matsudo {{Chiba-railstation-stub