Kohoku Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 湖北駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nakazato 324, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1122 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Narita Line |
Distance: | 6.3 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed ('Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | April 1, 1901 |
Passengers: | 3987 daily |
Pass Year: | 2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kohoku Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Abiko, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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.
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.
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3987 passengers daily.[1]