Kohoku Station

Railway station in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

35°52′02″N 140°04′40″E / 35.8673°N 140.0779°E / 35.8673; 140.0779Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Narita LineDistance6.3 km from AbikoPlatforms1 island platformOther informationStatusStaffed ('Midori no Madoguchi )WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedApril 1, 1901Passengers20193987 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Higashi-Abiko towards Abiko		Narita Line Abiko branch		Araki towards Narita

Location
Kohoku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Kohoku Station Kohoku Station (Japan) Show map of 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.