Kumagaya Station
Kumagaya Station 熊谷駅 | |
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| Kumagaya Station north entrance, June 2011 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Saitama (See other stations in Saitama) |
| City | Kumagaya |
| Neighborhood etc. | 2 Tsukuba |
| (in Japanese) | 筑波2丁目 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1883 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR East Chichibu Railway |
| Line(s) | Joetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Takasaki Line Chichibu Main Line |
| Statistics | 30,715 passengers/day (JR East, FY2010) |
 There is a bus stop near this station | |
Kumagaya Station (熊谷駅 Kumagaya-eki) is a railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Chichibu Railway
Lines
Kumagaya Station is served by the JR East Joetsu Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed shinkansen lines from Tokyo, the Takasaki Line to Takasaki, and also the privately operated Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi. It is located 14.9 km from Hanyū on the Chichibu Main Line.[1]
Station layout
Platforms
View of the shinkansen platforms, January 2007
| 1-2 | ■Takasaki Line | for Ōmiya and Ueno |
| ■Shonan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara | |
| ■Ueno-Tokyo Line | for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami | |
| 3-4 | ■Takasaki Line | for Honjō and Takasaki |
| 5 | ■Chichibu Main Line | for Gyōdashi and Hanyū |
| 6 | ■Chichibu Main Line | for Yorii, Chichibu, and Mitsumineguchi |
| 11 | ■Shinkansen | (Not normally used) |
| 12 | ■Joetsu Shinkansen | for Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo |
| 13 | ■Joetsu Shinkansen | for Takasaki, Nagaoka, and Niigata |
| ■Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Joetsu Shinkansen | ||||
| Toki: no stop | ||||
| Ōmiya | Tanigawa | Honjō-Waseda | ||
| Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||
| Kagayaki: no stop | ||||
| Hakutaka: no stop | ||||
| Ōmiya | Asama | Honjō-Waseda | ||
| Takasaki Line | ||||
| Kōnosu | Takasaki Line: Urban Rapid, Commuter Rapid (select) Shonan-Shinjuku Line Special Rapid |
Kagohara | ||
| Gyōda | Local | Kagohara | ||
| Chichibu Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | Paleo Express | Takekawa | ||
| Gyōdashi | Chichibuji | Takekawa | ||
| Mochida | Local | Kami-Kumagaya | ||
History
The station on the Takasaki Line opened on July 28, 1883. The Chichibu Line platforms opened on October 7, 1901.[1] The Jōetsu Shinkansen platforms opened on November 15, 1982.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 30,715 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
- Kumagaya City Office
- Kumagaya General Hospital
- National Route 17
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 [Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
External links
- Kumagaya Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (Japanese)
- JR East Kumagaya Station information (Japanese)
- Chichibu Railway Kumagaya Station timetable (Japanese)
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