History
Kōen Station opened on 2 November 1982 as a people-mover stop on the Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line, serving the planned community of Yūkarigaoka in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture. It has one island platform serving two tracks and is the only station on the line with separate platforms for each direction, as well as the only staffed intermediate station. South of Kōen the line splits in two: outbound trains continue to Joshidai while inbound trains return via Chiku Center, forming the route's characteristic racket-shaped loop. The station hosts the line's operations and dispatching offices, and on 15 June 2024 a face-recognition fare system, branded Yūkari PASS, was introduced at the gates.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Kōen carries the fewest daily boardings of any station on the Yūkarigaoka Line, yet it doubles as the line's nerve centre, housing the central dispatch room and control office on site.