Ogawamachi Station (Saitama)

Ogawamachi Station
小川町駅
Station entrance, May 2006
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
District Hiki
Town Ogawa
Neighborhood etc. Ōtsuka
(in Japanese) 埼玉県比企郡小川町大塚
History
Year opened 1923
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Tobu Railway
Line(s) Hachikō Line
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics 11,411 passengers/day (Tobu, FY2010)

Ogawamachi Station (小川町駅 Ogawamachi-eki?) is a railway station in Ogose, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tobu Railway.[1][2]

Contents

Lines

Ogawamachi Station is served by the Hachikō Line between Komagawa and Takasaki, and also by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo.

Station layout

The Tobu side of the station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The JR East side of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, forming a passing loop on the single-track Hachikō Line. Two storage tracks lie between the Tobu and JR East platforms.

The Tobu station has a season ticket sales office.[3]

Platforms

1 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Yorii
2 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro
3 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Yorii
4 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro
7 ■Hachikō Line for Yorii and Takasaki
8 ■Hachikō Line for Ogose and Komagawa

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Musashi-Ranzan   TJ Liner   Terminus
Musashi-Ranzan   Rapid Express   Terminus
Musashi-Ranzan   Express   Terminus
Musashi-Ranzan   Commuter Express   Terminus
Musashi-Ranzan   Semi Express   Terminus
Musashi-Ranzan   Local   Tōbu-Takezawa
Hachikō Line
Myōkaku   Local   Takezawa

History

The Tobu station opened on 5 November 1923[2][4], while what is now the JR station opened on 24 March 1934.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the Tobu station was used by an average of 11,411 passengers daily.[5]　In fiscal 2010, the JR East station was used by an average of 661 passengers daily.[6]

Surrounding area

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ogawamachi_Station_(Saitama) Ogawamachi Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ a b "Ogawamachi Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=360. Retrieved 26 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Ogawamachi Station Information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7504.html. Retrieved 26 December 2010. 
  3. ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published February 2011
  4. ^ 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. 
  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 14 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 Station passenger figures]" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010_04.html. Retrieved 25 December 2011. 

External links

Stations of the Hachikō Line
Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line