Minami-Furuya Station

Minami-Furuya Station
南古谷駅
Station building and entrance, January 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Kawagoe
Neighborhood etc. Namiki
(in Japanese) 埼玉県川越市並木
History
Year opened 1940
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Kawagoe Line
Statistics 7,837 passengers/day (FY2010)
There is a bus stop near this station

Minami-Furuya Station (南古谷駅 Minami-Furuya-eki?) is a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Contents

Lines

Minami-Furuya Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Ōmiya, and is located 12.4 km from Ōmiya.[2] The majority of services continue beyond Ōmiya on the Saikyō Line to Shinjuku and Shin-Kiba. In the morning peak, some eastbound trains towards Tokyo and some westbound trains toward Komagawa and Hachiōji start from this station, as it is located close to Kawagoe Depot. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks.[2]

Platforms

1 ■Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe
2/3 ■Kawagoe Line for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku, Rinkai Line through service to Shin-Kiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawagoe Line
Kawagoe - Sashiōgi

History

Minami-Furuya Station opened on 22 July 1940.[1] The line was electrified on 30 September 1985, from which date through-running began to and from the Saikyō Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 7,837 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ a b "Minami-Furuya Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1501. Retrieved 25 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１１巻　埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 25/43. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. 
  3. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010_01.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Minami-Furuya_Station Minami-Furuya Station] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Kawagoe Line