Kohoku Station 湖北駅
Kohoku Station north exit in July 2018
General information
Location	Nakazato 324, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1122 Japan
Coordinates	35°52′02″N 140°04′40″E / 35.8673°N 140.0779°E / 35.8673; 140.0779
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Narita Line
Distance	6.3 km from Abiko
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed ('Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1901
Passengers
2019	3987 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

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3987 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• National Route 356
• Kohoku Housing District