Goi Station

Goi Station
五井駅
West entrance
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Ichihara
Neighborhood etc. 2-1-11 Goi-Chūō-Nishi
(in Japanese)五井中央西二丁目 (JR East)

五井中央東一丁目 (Kominato)

History
Year opened 1912
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East, Kominato Railway
Line(s) Uchibō Line
Kominato Line

Goi station (五井駅 Goi-eki) is a railway station in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Kominato Railway.

Lines

Goi station is served by the Uchibō Line and the Kominato Line.

Station layout

View from Kominato Line platform, May 2005

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 four tracks with two island platforms, one for the Uchibō line and another for the Kominato line.

Platforms

  ■Uchibō Line for Chiba and Tokyo
  ■Uchibō Line for Kisarazu and Tateyama
  ■Kominato Line for Kazusa-Ushiku, Yōrōkeikoku, and Kazusa-Nakano
  ■Kominato Line for Kazusa-Ushiku, Yōrōkeikoku, and Kazusa-Nakano

Adjacent stations

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

History

The JNR station opened on March 28, 1912.[1] The Kominato Railway station opened on March 7, 1925.

Passenger statistics

In 2005, the JR East station was used by an average of 20,307 passengers daily, and the Kominato Railway station was used by 1,810 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ Goi Station information, JR East. Retrieved on 17 July 2008. (Japanese)

External links

Coordinates: 35°30′46″N 140°05′22″E / 35.5129°N 140.0895°E