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Kita-Gōchi Station 北河内駅
General information
Location	Tennoo, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi （山口県岩国市天尾） Japan
Coordinates	34°10′33″N 132°03′53″E / 34.175784°N 132.064711°E / 34.175784; 132.064711
Operated by	Nishikigawa Railway
Line(s)	Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Distance	13.9 km from Kawanishi
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1 November 1960 (1960-11-01)
Passengers
FY2011	180 daily

Kita-Gōchi Station (北河内駅, Kita-Gōchi-eki) is a railway station on the Seiryū Line in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan operated by the third-sector company Nishikigawa Railway.

Lines

The station is served by the Seiryū Line and is located 13.9 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.

Adjacent stations

History

Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station on 1 November 1960 as an intermediate station during the construction of the then Gannichi Line (岩日線, Gannichi-sen) from Kawanishi to Kawayama. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR West which then ceded control to Nishikigawa Railway on 25 July 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 180 passengers daily.

References

1. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 285. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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