is a railway station in the town of Kōta,

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, operated by

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(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Kōda Station is served by the

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, and is located 318.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

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Station layout

The station has a single

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connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station building has automated

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automated

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s and is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Kōda Station began as on the

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(JGR) Tōkaidō Line in April 1906. It was upgraded to become a full station and given its present name on September 11, 1908. The JGR became the

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(Japan National Railway) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued in 1971. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. Automated

s using the

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system came into operation from November 25, 2006.

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was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kōda Station was assigned station number CA50.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 3978 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Kōta Town Hall

References

;Bibliography *Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

Official home page
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