Zenkōji Station

Zenkōji Station 善光寺駅
JR Zenkōji Station, January 2006
General information
Location	Zenkōji 1-chome, Kōfu, Yamanashi （山梨県甲府市善光寺一丁目） Japan
Coordinates	35°39′36.14″N 138°35′21.07″E
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
Distance	86.3 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	October 1, 1938
Passengers
2016	414 daily
Location Zenkōji Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Zenkōji Station Zenkōji Station (Japan)

Zenkōji Station (善光寺駅, Zenkōji-eki) is a train station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Zenkōji Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 86.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.

Layout

Zenkōji Station has one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended. There is no station building, but only a rain shelter on the platform, since the station building burned down in 1983.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Minobu Line
Limited Express Fujikawa: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Kōfu		Local		Kanente

??? is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 86.3 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Zenkōji Station was opened on March 30, 1928 as a signal stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was elevated to a full station when operations were consigned to the government on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued on November 1, 1960. The station has been unattended since April 10, 1983. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Surrounding area

• Kōfu Higashi Junior High School
• Kōfu Higashi High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Minobu Line station information (in Japanese)