Shingashi Station

Shingashi Station
新河岸駅
Station entrance, August 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Kawagoe
Neighborhood etc. 914-5 Suna
Postal Code 350-1133
(in Japanese) 川越市砂914-5
History
Year opened 1914
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tōbu Tōjō Line
Statistics 23,138 passengers/day (FY2010)

Shingashi Station (新河岸駅 Shingashi-eki?) is a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Contents

Lines

Shingashi Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya. Only Semi Express, Commuter Express, and Local services stop at this station.[2]

Located between Kami-Fukuoka and Kawagoe, it is 28.3 km from Ikebukuro.[3]

Station layout

 Track layout 
Legend

↑Kawagoe
1 2

↓Kami-Fukuoka

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. Storage sidings are located on either side of the station for track maintenance equipment.

Platforms

1 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
2 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Fujimino, Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro
◌ Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line to Shin-Kiba
◌ Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Kami-Fukuoka   Commuter Express   Kawagoe
Kami-Fukuoka   Semi Express   Kawagoe
Kami-Fukuoka   Local   Kawagoe
TJ Liner
Rapid Express
Express: no stop

History

The station opened on 17 June 1914.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 23,138 passengers daily.[4]

See also

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shingashi_Station Shingashi Station] at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ "Shingashi Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7313.html. Retrieved 5 January 2011. 
  2. ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published February 2011
  3. ^ 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. 
  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