thumb|Platforms, 2021

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

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

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JRE Kozu-STA Gate.jpg|Ticket Gate (March 2022)

JRE Kozu-Station platform 1 20220407 093157.jpg|Platform 1 (March 2022)

JRE Kozu-Station platform 2-3 20220407 093640.jpg|Platform 2 and 3 (March 2022)

JRE Kozu-Station platform 4-5 20220407 093349.jpg|Platform 4 and 5 (March 2022)

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History

thumb|The original station building

Kōzu Station opened on July 11, 1887. 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.

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

{| class="wikitable"

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! Fiscal year !! daily average

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| 2005|| 12,122

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| 2010 || 6,441

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| 2015 || 6,322

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|}

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) .
  • JR East station information