JR Goidō Station

JR Goidō Station JR五位堂駅
JR Goidō Station
Location	55, Goidō 6-chōme, Kashiba, Nara （奈良県香芝市五位堂六丁目55） Japan
Coordinates	34°31′39″N 135°43′06″E / 34.527625°N 135.718431°ECoordinates: 34°31′39″N 135°43′06″E / 34.527625°N 135.718431°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Wakayama Line
Connections
History
Opened	2004
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	739 daily

JR Goidō Station (JR五位堂駅 Jeiāru Goidō-eki) is a railway station on the Wakayama Line of West Japan Railway Company in Kashiba, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Wakayama Line

Layout

1	■Wakayama Line	(up)	for Ōji, Tennōji, JR Namba
2	■Wakayama Line	(down)	for Takada, Sakuraia,Gojō

History

It started operation as Goidō Signal Box, a signal box with a crossing loop to exchange trains on the single track Wakayama Line on February 8, 1940. The signal box was discontinued on July 15, 1949, but it was reopened on December 27, 1955.^[1] On March 13, 2004, the signal box was converted to a passenger station and the present station name was assigned.^[2] Goidō Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line is a separate station. This is why the new JR station was named with the prefix "JR".

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company
Wakayama Line
Kashiba		Local		Takada
Kashiba		Yamatoji Line rapid service		Takada

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 359. ISBN 4533029809.
2. 香芝の沿革 (in Japanese). City of Kashiba. Retrieved September 22, 2007.

External links

• (Japanese) JR Goidō Station from jr-odekake.net