Kawagoeshi Station
川越市駅
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Station entrance, August 2009 | |
Location | |
Prefecture | Saitama (See other stations in Saitama) |
City | Kawagoe |
Neighborhood etc. | 1-4-4 Rokken-machi |
Postal Code | 350-0041 |
(in Japanese) | 川越市六軒町1-4-4 |
History | |
Year opened | 1914 |
Former name | Kawagoe-machi Station |
Present name since | 1922 |
Rail services | |
Operator(s) | Tobu Railway |
Line(s) | Tōbu Tōjō Line |
Statistics | 34,702 passengers/day (FY2010) |
Kawagoeshi Station (川越市駅 Kawagoeshi-eki ) is a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]
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Kawagoeshi Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located between Kawagoe and Kasumigaseki, 31.4 km from Ikebukuro.[2] Through services also operate to and from Shin-Kiba via the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line and Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. All services, (TJ Liner, Rapid Express, Express, Commuter Express, Semi Express, Local) stop at this station.[3]
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building and entrance is located on the east side. A new footbridge with lifts was added during fiscal 2010.[4]
Two storage tracks are located between the running lines north of the station for use by trains terminating at this station. On the west side of the station lies the Kawagoe maintenance depot, which is responsible for minor overhauls of Tōjō Line rolling stock.
1/2 | ■Tōbu Tōjō Line | for Sakado, Shinrinkōen, and Ogawamachi |
3/4 | ■Tōbu Tōjō Line | for Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro ◌ Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba ◌ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya |
Platform 2 is generally used for trains terminating at this station, and platform 3 is generally used for trains starting from this station.
« | Service | » | ||
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Tōbu Tōjō Line | ||||
Kawagoe | TJ Liner | Sakado | ||
Kawagoe | Rapid Express | Sakado | ||
Kawagoe | Express | Kasumigaseki | ||
Kawagoe | Commuter Express | Kasumigaseki | ||
Kawagoe | Semi Express | Kasumigaseki | ||
Kawagoe | Local | Kasumigaseki |
Trains run between 0455 and 0030 every day. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:
The station first opened as Kawagoe-machi Station (川越町駅 ) on 1 May 1914 coinciding with the opening of the Tōjō Railway line from Ikebukuro. It was renamed Kawagoeshi Station on 1 December 1922.[5]
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 34,702 passengers daily.[6]
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kawagoeshi_Station Kawagoeshi Station] at Wikimedia Commons
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