Gion Station (Chiba)

{{short description|Railway station in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Gion Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 祇園駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JR Gion Station 20080413a.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Gion Station, April 2008

| other_name =

| address = Gion 473, Kisarazu-shi, Chiba-ken 292-0053

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|23|29.51|N|139|56|53.93|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{colorbull| DarkTurquoise}} Kururi Line

| distance = 2.6 km from {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| website = {{official|1=https://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=543}}

| opened = March 1, 1961

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 319 daily

| pass_year = FY2006

| map_type = Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Gion Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East|line=Kururi|left=Kisarazu|right=Kazusa-Kiyokawa}}

}}

{{Nihongo|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=

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=1|first=2|name= Kururi Line|linecol=#00B5AD|dir= {{STN|Kisarazu|x}}
{{STN|Kazusa-Kameyama|x}}}}

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.{{cite web|url= https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-h19/index.html#11 |script-title=ja:千葉県統計年鑑（平成19年)|trans-title=Chiba Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2006)|year= 2007|publisher= Chiba Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 11 August 2020}}