Kuniyoshi Station | |
Native Name: | 国吉駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kariya 537-2, Isumi-shi, Chiba-ken 298-0123 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.2805°N 140.3141°W |
Operator: | Isumi Railway |
Line: | Isumi Line |
Distance: | 8.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | April 1, 1930 |
Passengers: | 132 |
Pass Year: | FY2018 |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kuniyoshi Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway.
Kuniyoshi Station is served by the Isumi Line, and lies 8.8 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the line at .
Kuniyoshi Station has dual opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station is unattended, although the station building houses a number of shops.
Kuniyoshi Station opened on April 1, 1930, as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Kihara Line. After World War II, the JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1974. With the division and privatization of the Japan National Railways on April 1, 1987, the station was acquired by the East Japan Railway Company. On March 24, 1988, the Kihara Line became the Isumi Railroad Isumi Line. In 2009, a new station building was completed.
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 132 passengers daily.[1]