Nishi-Ōya Station

Nishi-Ōya Station
西大家駅
Nishi-Ōya Station entrance, June 2007
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Sakado
Neighborhood etc. 623-7 Morito
Postal Code 350-0244
(in Japanese) 坂戸市森戸623-7
History
Year opened 1936
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Ogose Line
Statistics 2,963 passengers/day (FY2010)

Nishi-Ōya Station (西大家駅 Nishi Ōya-eki?) is a railway station in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

Nishi-Ōya is served by the Tōbu Ogose Line, a single-track branchline running from Sakado to Ogose, and is located 4.4 km from Sakado.[2] During the daytime, the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a single side-platform serving one bi-directional track.[4]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōbu Ogose Line
Ippommatsu   Local   Kawakado

History

The station opened on 28 February 1936.[2]

Platform edge sensors and TV monitors were installed in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation on the Ogose Line from June 2008.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 2,963 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nishi-%C5%8Cya_Station Nishi-Ōya Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ "Nishi-Ōya Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/8103.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
  2. ^ a b 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 March 2011
  4. ^ a b c 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. 68. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. 
  5. ^ "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 15 December 2011. 

External links

Stations of the Tōbu Ogose Line