Goi Station

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Goi Station
五井駅
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Ichihara
Neighborhood etc. 2-1-11 Goi-Chūō-Nishi
(in Japanese) 千葉県市原市八幡宿2丁目1番11号
History
Opened 1912
Rail services
Line(s)
JR East
Uchibō Line
Kominato Railway
Kominato Line

Goi station (五井駅 Goi-eki?) is a train station on the Uchibō and Kominato lines, operated by the East Japan Railway Company and Kominato Railway. It is located in Ichihara, Chiba.

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[edit] Lines

  • JR East
    • Uchibō Line
  • Kominato Railway
    • Kominato Line

[edit] Station layout

The station has a different address for each company. The address for JR East is 2-1-11 Goi-Chūō-Nishi, Ichihara, Chiba, and the address for the Kominato Railway is 1-1-2 Goi-Chūō-Higashi, Ichihara, Chiba. The station has 4 tracks with two island platforms, one for the Uchibō line and another for the Kominato line.

Platforms
  ■Uchibō Line Chiba・Tokyo
  ■Uchibō Line Kisarazu・Tateyama
  ■Kominato Line Kazusa-Ushiku・Yōrōkeikoku・Kazusa-Nakano
  ■Kominato Line Kazusa-Ushiku・Yōrōkeikoku・Kazusa-Nakano

[edit] Usage

In 2005, there were approximately 20,307 passengers per day using JR East trains and 1,810 passengers per day using Kominato Railway trains at Goi station.

[edit] Surroundings

[edit] History

  • Mar 1, 1912 - opened as a station on the Bōsō Railway (present day Sotobō Line)
  • Mar 28, 1912 - Kisarazu line is opened.
  • May 24, 1919 - Kisarazu Line renamed Hōjō line.
  • Mar 7, 1925 - Kominato Railway opened.
  • Apr 15, 1929 - Hōjō line renamed Bōsō line.
  • Apr 1, 1933 - Bōsō line from Soga to Awa-Kamogawa is renamed Bōsō West Line.
  • Jul 15, 1972 - Bōsō West Line renamed Uchibō Line.
  • Apr 1, 1987 - acquired by East Japan Railway Company following the division and privatization of JNR.

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yawatajuku   Uchibō Line   Anegasaki
Terminus   Kominato Line   Kazusa-Murakami

[edit] Other

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Stations of the JR Uchibō Line

(Chiba - Hon-Chiba) - Soga - Hamano - Yawatajuku - Goi - Anegasaki - Nagaura - Sodegaura - Iwane - Kisarazu - Kimitsu - Aohori - Ōnuki - Sanukimachi - Kazusa-Minato - Takeoka - Hamakanaya - Hota - Awa-Katsuyama - Iwai - Tomiura - Nako-Funakata - Tateyama - Kokonoe - Chikura - Chitose - Minamihara - Wadaura - Emi - Futomi - Awa-Kamogawa
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Stations of the Kominato Railway Kominato Line

Goi - Kazusa-Murakami - Amaariki - Kazusa-Mitsumata - Kazusa-Yamada - Kōfūdai - Umatate - Kazusa-Ushiku - Kazusa-Kawama - Kazusa-Tsurumai - Kazusa-Kubo - Takataki - Satomi - Itabue - Tsukizaki - Kazusa-Ōkubo - Yōrōkeikoku - Kazusa-Nakano
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