Gosen Station
# Gosen Station

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.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1093 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Gosen City Hall
* Gosen post Office
* Gosen Minami Elementary School
* Ekimae Shopping Street, May 2020
* Honcho-dori Street (Niigata prefectural road 7), May 2020
