Gion Station (Chiba)

Gion Station

祇園駅
Gion Station; 祇園駅
	Gion Station, April 2008
General information
Location	Gion 473, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0053; Japan
Coordinates	35°23′29.51″N 139°56′53.93″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kururi Line
Distance	2.6 km from Kisarazu
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 1, 1961
Passengers
FY2006	319 daily
Services
Location
	Gion Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Gion Station Gion Station (Japan)

Gion Station (祇園駅, Gion-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Gion Station is a station on the Kururi Line, and is located 2.6 km from the terminus of the line at Kisarazu Station.

Station layout

Gion Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of five carriages or less. The station is unattended.

Platform

1	■ Kururi Line	Kisarazu Kazusa-Kameyama

History

Gion Station was opened on March 1, 1961. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 319 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 16
National Route 409
Kisarazu Municipal Baseball Stadium

References

千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Gion Station (Chiba) at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[chiba2006stats-1] 千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年) [Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: Chiba Prefecture. 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2020.