Bushū-Karasawa Station

Bushū-Karasawa Station
武州唐沢駅
Bushū-Karasawa Station entrance, March 2012
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
District Iruma
Town Ogose
Neighborhood etc. 51-6 Ueno
Postal code350-0415
(in Japanese)入間郡越生町上野51-6
History
Year opened 1934
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-46     
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Ogose Line
Statistics 2,684 passengers/day (FY2010)

Bushū-Karasawa Station (武州唐沢駅 Bushū Karasawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Ogose Line in Ogose, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Bushū-Karasawa Station is served by the Tobu Ogose Line, a 10.9 km single-track branchline running from Sakado to Ogose, and is situated 9.4 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.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Ogose Line
Higashi-Moro   Local   Ogose

History

A 7800 series EMU at Bushu-Karasawa Station, April 1977

The station opened on 16 December 1934.[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.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Ogose Line, with Bushū-Karasawa Station becoming "TJ-46".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 2,684 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 武州唐沢駅 [Bushū-Karasawa Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
  4. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  5. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

External links

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Coordinates: 35°57′09″N 139°18′33″E / 35.9524°N 139.3092°E