Gion Station (祇園駅, Gion-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Gion Station 祇園駅 | |||||||||||
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 Gion Station, April 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Gion 473, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0053 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°23′29.51″N 139°56′53.93″E / 35.3915306°N 139.9483139°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Kururi Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 2.6 km from Kisarazu | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | March 1, 1961 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2006 | 319 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
Gion Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 2.6 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.
Station layout
Gion Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station is unattended.
Platform
| 1 | ■ Kururi Line | Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama |
History
Gion Station was opened on March 1, 1961. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 319 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
National Route 16
National Route 409- Kisarazu Municipal Baseball Stadium
See also
References
External links
Media related to Gion Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)