Musashi-Takahagi Station

Musashi-Takahagi Station
武蔵高萩駅
Station north ("Asahi") entrance, January 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Hidaka
Neighborhood etc. Takahagi
(in Japanese) 埼玉県日高市高萩
History
Year opened 1940
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Kawagoe Line
Statistics 3,183 passengers/day (FY2010)
There is a bus stop near this station

Musashi-Takahagi Station (武蔵高萩駅 Musashi-Takahagi-eki?) is a railway station in Hidaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Contents

Lines

Musashi-Takahagi Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 10.9 km from Kawagoe.[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. Many trains cross here on the otherwise single line.[2]

Platforms

1 ■Kawagoe Line for Komagawa, Haijima, and Hachiōji
2 ■Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawagoe Line
Komagawa Local Kasahata

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.[1]

A new elevated station building was opened on 19 February 2005.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 3,183 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ a b "Musashi-Takahagi Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1531. 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. 29/44. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. 
  3. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. ^ "JR川越線武蔵高萩駅橋上化及び自由通路新設事業 [JR Kawagoe Line Musashi-Takahagi Station Rebuilding Project]" (in Japanese). Hidaka City. 1 April 2006. https://www2.city.hidaka.lg.jp/0502/shisei/eki/index.html. Retrieved 25 December 2010. 
  5. ^ "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_02.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Musashi-Takahagi_Station Musashi-Takahagi Station] at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Kawagoe Line