Fujimino Station

Fujimino Station
ふじみ野駅
East entrance, September 2012
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Fujimi
Neighborhood etc. 1-26-1 Fujimino-higashi
Postal code354-0036
(in Japanese)富士見市ふじみ野東1-26-1
History
Year opened 1993
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-18     
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Statistics 61,542 passengers/day (FY2010)
Small bus terminal at this station

Fujimino Station (ふじみ野駅 Fujimino-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Fujimi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Fujimino Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Tsuruse and Kami-Fukuoka, it is 24.2 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] All services except "Rapid express" services stop at this station.[3]

Station layout

West entrance, September 2012

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. Platforms 1 and 4 are generally used by slower stopping trains overtaken by faster limited-stop trains.

Platforms

1/2 ■Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoe, Sakado, Shinrinkōen, and Ogawamachi
3/4 ■Tobu Tojo Line for Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Tojo Line
Ikebukuro   TJ Liner[Note 1]   Kawagoe
Rapid express: no stop
Shiki   Rapid   Kawagoe
Shiki   Express   Kawagoe
Tsuruse   Commuter express   Kami-Fukuoka
Tsuruse   Semi express   Kami-Fukuoka
Tsuruse   Local   Kami-Fukuoka
  1. ↑ TJ Liner services operate in the down direction only

History

The east entrance in November 2004

The station opened on 15 November 1993.[2]

Through-running to and from Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line commenced on 14 June 2008.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Fujimino Station becoming "TJ-18".[5]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 61,542 passengers daily.[6]

Surrounding area

Soyoca Fujimino Shopping Centre, July 2012

Schools

Bus services

Since 17 July 2008, there is a direct express bus service to/from Narita Airport (via Shiki and Asakadai Stations). The bus stop is on the west side of the station.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Fujimino Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
  4. ↑ Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
  5. ↑ 「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 21 March 2012.
  6. ↑ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Outlet Mall Rism" (in Japanese). Japan: Luxeys. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  8. ↑ ららぽーと富士見 グランドオープン ["Lalaport Fujimi" grand opening] (in Japanese). Japan: Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management Co., Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Kamekubo Elementary School Retrieved 20 November 2012. (Japanese)
  10. ↑ "ふじみ野・志木地区↔成田空港". Airport Limousine website. Retrieved on 12 July 2008. (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°51′39″N 139°31′23″E / 35.860857°N 139.523138°E