Kōzu Station (Kanagawa)

Kōzu Station (国府津駅, Kōzu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by operated by both the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

JT14 CB00 Kōzu 国府津駅
The station building in May 2021
General information
Location	4-1 Kōzu, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture 256-0812 Japan
Coordinates	35°16′51″N 139°12′46.6″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JT Tōkaidō Line JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Gotemba Line
Distance	77.7 km (48.3 mi) from Tokyo
Platforms	2 island + 1 side platform
Train operators	JR East JR Central
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	JT14, CB00
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 July 1887; 137 years ago (1887-07-11)
Passengers
FY2019	5,845 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Odawara JT16 Terminus Shōnan Ninomiya JT13 towards Tokyo or Shinjuku Kamonomiya JT15 towards Atami Tōkaidō Line Ninomiya JT13 towards Tokyo Odawara JT16 Terminus Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Special Rapid Hiratsuka JT11 towards Maebashi Kamonomiya JT15 towards Odawara Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Ninomiya JT13 towards Maebashi Preceding station JR Central Following station Shimo-Soga CB01 towards Numazu Gotemba Line Terminus
Location Kōzu Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Kōzu Station Kōzu Station (Kanto Area) Show map of Kanto Area Kōzu Station Kōzu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platforms, 2021

Lines

Kōzu Station is served by both the Tōkaidō Main Line and Gotemba Line, and is located 77.7 kilometers from Tokyo Station. Some trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also stop at this station.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1,2	JT Tōkaidō Line	for Odawara, Atami, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō
3	Gotemba Line	for Matsuda, Yamakita, Gotemba, and Numazu
4,5	JT Tokaido Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Takasaki and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line)

History

The original station building

Kōzu Station opened on July 11, 1887.^[1] With the dissolution and privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station became a border station under the control of both JR East and JR Central.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,845 passengers daily.^[2]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	daily average
2005	12,122[3]
2010	6,441[4]
2015	6,322[5]

Surrounding area

• Kōzu Post Office
• Kōzu Elementary School
• Kōzu Junior High School
• Yamachika Memorial Hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1. (in Japanese)

1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
3. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
5. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Kōzu Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)