History
Kōzu Station opened on 11 July 1887 in what is now Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the Tōkaidō Main Line then under government operation. With the dissolution and privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, Kōzu became a border station jointly controlled by JR East and JR Central — the latter operating the Gotemba Line that diverges here for the northern foot of Mount Fuji. The station sits 77.7 kilometres from Tokyo, with one side platform and two island platforms serving five tracks linked by a footbridge, and a Midori-no-Madoguchi staffed ticket office. Some Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services from Tokyo also terminate or pass through.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Kōzu is the easternmost station on the Gotemba Line; the JR East / JR Central operating border runs through the station itself, making timetable and fare arrangements unusually complex.