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in located in the city of

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Nara Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...

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, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Gose Station is served by the

Wakayama Line The is a railway line that links Nara Prefecture to Wakayama Prefecture, both in the Kansai region of Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Ōji Station on the Yamatoji Line to Wakayama Station on the Hanwa Line ...

, and is located 17.6 kilometers from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

The station is an above-ground station with two

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s and two tracks. It is staffed.

Platforms

History

Gose Station opened as a signal stop on 10 May 1896 on the Nacwa Railway. The Nanwa Railway was absorbed by the Kansai Railway in 1904, which was nationalized in 1907. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1940. With the privatization of the

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 577 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
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Surrounding Area

* Kintetsu Gose Station *Gose City Hall *Katsuragi Park *Gose Post Office *Gose Police Building (former Gose Police Station) *Gose Municipal Gose Elementary School *Gose Municipal Gose Junior High School

References

External links

0621807 Gose Station Official Site
{{Wakayama Line Railway stations in Nara Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896 Gose, Nara Wakayama Line