Kita-Gōchi Station

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.

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
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
Location

Lines

The station is served by the Seiryū Line and is located 13.9 km from the start of the line at Kawanishi.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
Yukaba		-		Mukuno

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.^[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 180 passengers daily.^[1]