Musashi-Ranzan Station

Musashi-Ranzan Station
武蔵嵐山駅
Musashi-Ranzan Station east entrance, August 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
District Hiki
Town Ranzan
Neighborhood etc. 135-6 Sugaya
(in Japanese) 比企郡嵐山町菅谷135-6
History
Year opened 1923
Former name Sugaya Station
Present name since 1935
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics 　8,521 passengers/day (FY2010)

Musashi-Ranzan Station (武蔵嵐山駅 Musashi-Ranzan-eki?) is a railway station in Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

Musashi-Ranzan Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. All services (TJ Liner, Rapid Express, Express, Commuter Express, Semi Express, Local) stop at this station.[2]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. An additional side platform remains on the west side of the down track, but this is no longer used.

Platforms

1 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line For Ogawamachi
2 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line For Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōjō Line
Tsukinowa   TJ Liner   Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa   Rapid Express   Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa   Express   Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa   Commuter Express   Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa   Semi Express   Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa   Local   Ogawamachi

History

The station opened on 5 November 1923 as Sugaya Station (菅谷駅?), and was renamed Musashi-Ranzan on 1 October 1935.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 8,521 passengers daily.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Musashi-Ranzan Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7501.html. Retrieved 28 September 2009. 
  2. ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published February 2011
  3. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
  4. ^ "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