Kōge Station | |
Native Name: | 郡家駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | Kōge, Yazu-cho, Yazu-gun, Tottori-ken680-0461 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.4132°N 134.2513°W |
Owned: | JR West |
Distance: | 10.3km (06.4miles) from |
Platforms: | 1 island + 1 side platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Map Type: | Japan Tottori Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kōge Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a junction passenger railway station located in the town of Yazu, Yazu District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third sector company Wakasa Railway.[1]
Kōge Station is served by the Inbi Line, and is located 10.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . It is also the terminus of the 19.2 kilometer Wakasa Line on the Wakasa Railway to Wakasa Station.
The station consists of one ground-level island platform (Platform 1 and 2) is on the side of the station building, and the single side platform (Platform 3) is on the opposite side of the station building connected by a level crossing. The current station building was built together with community facilities in March 2015,
Kōge Station opened on 20 December 1919. The Wakasa Line began operations 20 January 1930.[2] With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.