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Sakado Station
坂戸駅
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| North entrance, November 2011 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Saitama (See other stations in Saitama) |
| City | Sakado |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-1 Hinode-chō |
| Postal Code | 350-0225 |
| (in Japanese) | 坂戸市日の出町1-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1916 |
| Former name | Sakado-machi Station |
| Present name since | 1976 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | Tobu Railway |
| Line(s) | Tōbu Tōjō Line |
| Statistics | 26,775 passengers/day (FY2010) |
| Small bus terminal at this station | |
Sakado Station (坂戸駅 Sakado-eki) is a railway station in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]
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Sakado Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located 40.6 km from Ikebukuro.[2] It also forms the starting point of the Tōbu Ogose Line branchline to Ogose.
All services, (TJ Liner, Rapid Express, Express, Commuter Express, Semi Express, Local) stop at this station. During the daytime, the station is served by five Express trains per hour in each direction between Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Shinrinkōen or Ogawamachi stations, and by four trains per hour to Ogose on the Ogose Line.[3]
The station consists of two sets of island platforms numbered from south to north. From 2010, a new elevated station building provided a central set of ticket gates, replacing the previous exits on the north and south sides.
This station has a season ticket sales office.[3]
A siding on the north side of the station is used for storing track maintenance machines. A stabling track for Ogose Line trains lies to the east of the station, next to the permanent way depot.[4] This was created in 2008.
| 1/2 | ■Tōbu Ogose Line | for Ippommatsu, Kawakado, and Ogose |
| 3 | ■Tōbu Tōjō Line | for Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii |
| 4 | ■Tōjō Line | for Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro ◌ Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba ◌ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya |
The Ogose Line platforms (1 and 2) are 4 cars long, and the Tōjō Line platforms (3 and 4) are 10 cars long.
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Tōbu Tōjō Line | ||||
| Kawagoeshi | TJ Liner | Higashi-Matsuyama | ||
| Kawagoeshi | Rapid Express | Higashi-Matsuyama | ||
| Wakaba | Express | Kita-Sakado | ||
| Wakaba | Commuter Express | Kita-Sakado | ||
| Wakaba | Semi Express | Kita-Sakado | ||
| Wakaba | Local | Kita-Sakado | ||
| Tōbu Ogose Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Ippommatsu | ||
The station first opened on 27 October 1916, named Sakado-machi Station (坂戸町駅), coinciding with the extension of the Tōjō Railway from Kawagoe. At the time of opening, the journey time from Ikebukuro was approximately 1 hour 40 minutes (compared to 45 minutes by express in 2008).[5] The Ogose Line was opened from Sakado Station on 17 February 1932, initially as a freight line as far as Morito (森戸). The Ogose Line was extended from Morito to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger service commenced.[2]
From the 1920s, a track continued due westward to the Komagawa River for transporting gravel. This operated until the 1960s. The track maintenance storage track stub to the west of the station, between the Tōjō Line and Ogose Line tracks is the truncated remainder of this former line.[6]
The station was renamed Sakado on 1 September 1976 when Sakado became a city.[5] In 1986, the locomotive depot at the east end of the station was closed, although the sheds remain to this day, used as a track maintenance depot.
Mirrors and platform edge sensors were added to the Ogose Line platforms in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation from June 2008.
Work started in 2009 to rebuild the station with an elevated concourse providing a link between the north and south sides of the station. Rebuilding was completed in April 2011.
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 26,774 passengers daily.[7]
There is a direct express bus service to/from Narita Airport and Haneda Airport (via Kawagoe Station).[8] The bus stop is on the south side of the station.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sakado_Station_(Saitama) Sakado Station] at Wikimedia Commons
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