Kawagoeshi Station

Kawagoeshi Station
川越市駅
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]

Contents

Lines

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]

Station layout

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.

Platforms

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.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
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

Service patterns

Trains run between 0455 and 0030 every day. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

History

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]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 34,702 passengers daily.[6]

Surrounding area

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kawagoeshi_Station Kawagoeshi Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ "Kawagoeshi Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7316.html. Retrieved 8 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
  3. ^ "Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable", published February 2011
  4. ^ "２０１０年度の鉄道事業計画 [Fiscal 2010 Business Plan]" (in Japanese) (pdf). Tobu News. Tobu Railway. 27 April 2010. http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/2392/100427.pdf. Retrieved 8 January 2011. 
  5. ^ Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). "東武東上線の神話時代（１）". Japan Railfan Magazine 48 (570): p.126–131. 
  6. ^ "駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)]" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/rail/frail_2_2.html. Retrieved 14 December 2011. 

External links

Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line