Wakōshi Station
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Wakōshi Station
和光市駅
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Prefecture | Saitama (See other stations in Saitama) |
City | Wakō |
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Year opened | 1934 |
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Station number(s) | Y-01, F-01 |
Operator(s) | Tōbu Railway |
Line(s) | Tōbu Tōjō Main Line Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (June 2008) |
Wakōshi Station (和光市駅 Wakōshi-eki?) is a Tobu Railway and Tokyo Metro station, located in Wakō, Saitama, Japan. Tōbu Railway manages this station.
This station is the only Tokyo Metro station located in the Saitama Prefecture.
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[edit] Lines
- Tōbu Railway
- Tokyo Metro
- Yūrakuchō Line (Station number Y-01)
- Fukutoshin Line (Station number F-01)
[edit] Station layout
Two island platforms serving four tracks.
1 | ■Tōjō Main Line | Shiki ・ Kawagoe ・ Higashi-Matsuyama ・ Ogawamachi |
2 | ■Tōjō Main Line | Shiki ・ Kawagoeshi ・ Saitama |
○Yūrakuchō Line | (Terminus) | |
3 | ○Yūrakuchō Line | Kotake-mukaihara ・ Ikebukuro ・ Iidabashi ・ Nagatachō ・ Yūrakuchō ・ Shin-Kiba ・ Shinsen-Ikebukuro |
4 | ■Tōjō Main Line | Narimasu ・ Kami-Itabashi ・ Ikebukuro |
[edit] History
- February 1, 1934[1]: Opens as Niigura Station (新倉駅 -eki?), a station of Tōbu Railway Tōjō Main Line.
- July 21, 1934: Renamed Niikura Station (新倉駅 -eki?).
- October 1, 1951: Renamed Yamato-machi Station (大和町 -eki?).
- December 20, 1970: Renamed Wakōshi Station.
- August 25, 1987: Yūrakuchō Line opens.
[edit] Adjacent stations
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Ikebukuro | Ltd. Express | Kawagoe | ||
Narimasu | Express | Asakadai | ||
Narimasu | Commuter Express | Shiki | ||
Narimasu | Semi Express | Asaka | ||
Narimasu | Local | Asaka | ||
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(Tōbu Tōjō Main Line) | Yūrakuchō Line | Chikatetsu-narimasu |
[edit] Surroundings
- RIKEN
- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Asaka Base
- Honda technical research institute (along the Kawagoekaido avenue)
[edit] References
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