Gōdo Station (Gunma)

Gōdo Station (神戸駅) is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.

Lines
Gōdo Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 26.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kiryū.

Station layout
The station has a single side platform and an island platform; however, one side of the island platform is not in use for traffic, thus effectively the station has two opposed side platforms. On the unused portion of the island platform, two carriages from a former Tobu Railway Type 1720 are permanently parked as a restaurant.

History
Gōdo Station opened on 6 September 1912 as a station on the Ashio Railway, but used the kanji “神土駅” to avoid confusion with the Kōbe Station in Hyōgo Prefecture. The kanji was changed to its present form on 29 March 1989 to match the local place name. The station building and platform were registered by the national government as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2009. Two ancillary buildings, the rest house and the dangerous goods storeroom, were also granted the same Registered Tangible Cultural Property status later the same year.

Surrounding area

 * Kusaki Dam
 * Azuma Elementary School
 * Azuma Middle School
 * Azuma Middle School

In popular culture
The station features in the final scene of the 2009 film Tenshi no Koi, but instead uses the station name "Furada" in its signage.