Gōdo Station (Gunma)

Gōdo Station (神戸駅, Gōdo-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

WK12 Gōdo Station 神戸駅
Gōdo Station, February 2015
General information
Location	Azuma-cho Gōdo 891, Midori-shi, Gunma-ken 376-0304 Japan
Coordinates	36°32′15″N 139°21′23″E
Operated by	Watarase Keikoku Railway
Line(s)	Watarase Keikoku Line
Distance	26.4 km from Kiryū
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	WK12
Website	Official website
History
Opened	6 September 1912
Passengers
FY2015	227
Services
Preceding station Watarase Keikoku Railway Following station Konaka WK11 towards Kiryū Watarase Keikoku Line Sōri WK13 towards Matō Mizunuma WK08 towards Aioi Watarase Keikoku Line Watarase Keikoku-gō Sōri WK13 towards Ashio
Location Gōdo Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Gōdo Station Gōdo Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform, Feb 2015, showing entrance to restaurant car

Lines

Gōdo Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 26.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kiryū.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform and an island platform; however, one side of the island platform is not in use for traffic, thus effectively the station has two opposed side platforms. On the unused portion of the island platform, two carriages from a former Tobu Railway Type 1720 are permanently parked as a restaurant.

History

Gōdo Station opened on 6 September 1912 as a station on the Ashio Railway,^[1] but used the kanji “神土駅” to avoid confusion with the Kōbe Station in Hyōgo Prefecture. The kanji was changed to its present form on 29 March 1989 to match the local place name. The station building and platform were registered by the national government as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2009.^[2] Two ancillary buildings, the rest house and the dangerous goods storeroom, were also granted the same Registered Tangible Cultural Property status later the same year.^[3][4]

Surrounding area

• National Route 122
• Kusaki Dam
• Azuma Elementary School
• Azuma Middle School

In popular culture

The station features in the final scene of the 2009 film Tenshi no Koi, but instead uses the station name "Furada" in its signage.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "沿革・歴史" [Company History]. watetsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
2. "わたらせ渓谷鐵道神戸駅本屋及び下り線プラットホーム". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 August 2020. (in Japanese)
3. "わたらせ渓谷鐵道神戸駅休憩所". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 August 2020. (in Japanese)
4. "わたらせ渓谷鐵道神戸駅危険品庫". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 August 2020. (in Japanese)

External links

Media related to Gōdo Station (Gunma) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information (Watarase Keikoku) (in Japanese)