Gosen Station

Railway station in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

37°44′05″N 139°10′47″E / 37.7346°N 139.1798°E / 37.7346; 139.1798Operated by

JR EastLine(s)■ Ban'etsu West LineDistance165.7 km from KōriyamaPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformTracks3Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 October 1910PassengersFY20171,093 daily> Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Niitsu Terminus		Ban'etsu West Line Rapid Agano		Maoroshi towards Aizu-Wakamatsu
Kita-Gosen towards Niitsu		Ban'etsu West Line Local		Saruwada towards Kōriyama

Location
Gosen Station Location within Japan

Gosen Station (五泉駅, Gosen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Gosen, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Gosen Station is served by the Ban'etsu West Line, and is 165.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōriyama.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

North side of Gosen Station, September 2004
South side of Gosen Station, May 2020
Station interior, May 2020

Platforms

1	■ Ban'etsu West Line	for Maoroshi, Tsugawa and Aizu-Wakamatsu
2, 3	■ Ban'etsu West Line	Niitsu and Niigata

History

The station opened on 25 October 1910. The Kanbara Railway Company's Gosen Line formerly also operated from this station from 1923 to 1999. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.