Minami-Koshigaya Station

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Minami-Koshigaya Station
南越谷駅
South entrance, September 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Koshigaya
Neighborhood etc. 1 Minami-Koshigaya
Postal code343-0845
(in Japanese)埼玉県越谷市南越谷1丁目
History
Year opened 1973
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Musashino Line
Statistics 65,740 passengers/day (FY2010)
Small bus terminal at this station

Minami-Koshigaya Station (南越谷駅 Minami-Koshigaya-eki) is a railway station on the Musashino Line in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Minami-Koshigaya Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchū-Hommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is also located adjacent to Shin-Koshigaya Station on the Tobu Skytree Line.

Station layout

Entrance and ticket barriers, January 2012

The elevated station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.[2] The station has a Midori no madoguchi ticket office.[1]

Platforms

View of the platforms looking west (toward Shin-Matsudo) from platform 2, January 2012
1 ■Musashino Line for Minami-Urawa, Musashi-Urawa, Nishi-Kokubunji, and Fuchū-Hommachi
2 ■Musashino Line for Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Musashino Line
Higashi-Kawaguchi - Koshigaya-Laketown

History

The station opened on 1 April 1973.[1] The adjacent Shin-Koshigaya Station opened on 23 July 1974, providing an interchange with the Tōbu Isesaki Line (now Tobu Skytree Line).[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the JR East station was used by an average of 65,740 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the second busiest station on the Musashino Line after Minami-Funabashi.[4]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 57,535[5]
2001 58,500[6]
2002 59,106[7]
2003 60,341[8]
2004 60,864[9]
2005 60,712[10]
2006 61,161[11]
2007 62,446[12]
2008 64,636[13]
2009 65,382[14]
2010 65,740[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "各駅情報（南越谷駅）" [Station Information (Minami-Koshigaya Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  2. ↑ Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2010). 日本の鉄道　東海道ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１２巻　東京北東部・埼玉南東部 [Railways of Japan - Tokaido Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 North-east Tokyo and South-east Saitama]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 55. ISBN 978-4-06-270022-1. 
  3. ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度)" [FY2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  5. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  6. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2001年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2001)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  7. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2002年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2002)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  8. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2003年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2003)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  9. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2004年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  10. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  11. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2006年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  12. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2007年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  13. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2008年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 
  14. ↑ "各駅の乗車人員　（2009年度）" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2012. 

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