Kohoku Station

For the stations named Kōhoku Station, see Kōhoku Station.

Kohoku Station 湖北駅
File:Kohoku-Sta-N(cropped).jpg Kohoku Station north exit in July 2018
General information
Location	Nakazato 324, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1122 Japan
Coordinates	35.8673°N 140.0779°E / 35.8673; 140.0779
Operated by	File:JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)	■ Narita Line
Distance	6.3 km from Abiko
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ('Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1901
Passengers
2019	3987 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station Higashi-Abiko towards Abiko Narita Line Abiko branch Araki towards Narita
Location Kohoku Station is located in Chiba Prefecture Kohoku Station Kohoku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Kohoku Station is located in Japan Kohoku Station Kohoku Station Kohoku Station (Japan)

Kohoku Station (湖北駅, Kohoku-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Abiko, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kohoku Station is served by the Abiko Branch Line of the Narita Line, and is located 6.3 kilometers from the terminus of branch line at Abiko Station.

Station layout

Kohoku Station is an elevated station with a single island platform. The station building is built on a cantilever above and across the platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Narita Line	For Narita
2	■ Narita Line	For Abiko, Ueno

History

Kohoku Station was opened on April 1, 1901 as a station on the Narita Railway Company. On September 1, 1920, the Narita Railway was nationalised, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 1, 1962. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987. The station building was extensively rebuilt and modernized in 2007.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3987 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

• File:Japanese National Route Sign 0356.svg National Route 356
• Kohoku Housing District

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Kohoku Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)