Gokan

Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day

First / last departure (weekday): 7:15 / 24:00 (00:00 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

• Joetsu Line: Kamimoku ⇄ Numata

Gokan Station opened on 20 November 1926 when the Jōetsu South Line was extended from Numata, in the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, serving as the representative station for the former Tsukiyono town area. The line was extended on to Minakami in October 1928 and through service to Miyauchi was completed in September 1931, at which point the line was renamed the Jōetsu Line. The station building was rebuilt in September 1961 in concrete with a large gabled roof. Freight ended in 1963 and parcel service in 1984. With JNR's 1987 privatisation the station passed to JR East. Suica service began on 14 March 2009, and the station became fully unattended on 20 April 2018.

The preserved D51 498 steam locomotive once stood opposite Gokan's Platform 3; chosen as one of the best-preserved static exhibits when a steam locomotive was revived as the centrepiece of the Yokohama Exposition, it now hauls JR East's 'SL Gunma Minakami' tourist trains, which stop at Gokan despite its small size.