is a railway station operated by

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(JR East) in

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Lines

Kokudō Station is served by the

Tsurumi Line The Tsurumi Line () is a group of 3 railway lines operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Originally built to service the port and adjacent industrial area, the lines provide passenger services (especia ...

, and is from the terminus at

Tsurumi Station is a railway station in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Tsurumi Station is an interchange station, interchange between the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Tsurumi Line (of whi ...

Station layout

Kokudō Station has two opposed

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, ...

s serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

Kokudō Station was opened on 28 October 1930 as a station on the privately held for passenger operations only. The Tsurumi Rinkō line was

nationalized Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization contrasts with priv ...

on 1 July 1943, at which time the stop was elevated into status to that of a full station. The station was later absorbed into the

Japan 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 pre ...

(JNR) network. In 1949, the station was used as a location setting for the

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movie ''Stray Dog''. The station has been unstaffed since 1 March 1971. Upon the

privatization Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation w ...

of the JNR on 1 April 1987 the station has been operated by JR East.

References

* Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008-2009''. Jane's Information Group (2008).

External links

JR East Kokudō Station
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