Gōbara Station

Gōbara Station 郷原駅
Gōbara Station, April 2009
Location	Gōbara 607, Higashiagatsuma, Agatsuma, Gunma （群馬県吾妻郡東吾妻町大字郷原607） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Agatsuma Line
History
Opened	1946
Traffic

Passengers (FY2011)	42 daily

Gōbara Station (郷原駅, Gōbara-eki) is a railway station on the Agatsuma Line in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ]].

Lines

Gōbara Station is a station on the Agatsuma Line, and is located 26.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shibukawa Station.

Station layout

Gōbara Station has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Agatsuma Line	for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi and Ōmae
2	■ Agatsuma Line	for Shibukawa and Takasaki

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Agatsuma Line
Gunma-Haramachi		-	Yagura

History

Gōbara Station was opened on 20 April 1946. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

site of Iwabitsu Castle

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gōbara Station.

JR East Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Agatsuma Line

Takasaki Takasakitonyamachi Ino Shin-Maebashi Gunma-Sōja Yagihara Shibukawa Kanashima Ubashima Onogami Onogami-Onsen Ichishiro Nakanojō Gunma-Haramachi Gōbara Yagura Iwashima Kawarayu-Onsen Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Gunma-Ōtsu Haneo Fukurogura Manza-Kazawaguchi Ōmae

Coordinates: 36°32′56″N 138°48′04″E / 36.5488°N 138.8012°E / 36.5488; 138.8012

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