Shin-Koshigaya Station

Shin-Koshigaya Station
新越谷駅
Station building, September 2009
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Koshigaya
Neighborhood etc. 1-11-4 Minami-Koshigaya
Postal code343-0845
(in Japanese)越谷市南越谷1-11-4
History
Year opened 1974
Rail services
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Skytree Line
Statistics 134,209 passengers/day (FY2010)
Small bus terminal at this station

Shin-Koshigaya Station (新越谷駅 Shin-Koshigaya-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Shin-Koshigaya Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa, and is 22.9 km from the Asakusa terminus.[2] Through services also operate to and from Naka-Meguro via the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line. It is also located adjacent to Minami-Koshigaya Station on the Musashino Line.

Station layout

Entrance and ticket barriers, January 2012

The elevated station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.[3]

Platforms

View of the platforms looking northward from platform 2, January 2012
1 Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa
Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line to Shibuya (through-running to Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line)
2 Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-Meguro
3 Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, Minami-Kurihashi and Kuki
4 Tobu Skytree Line for Kasukabe, Kuki, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, and Minami-Kurihashi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Skytree Line (TS-20)
Limited Express Spacia: no stop
Limited Express Ryōmō: no stop
Limited Express Kirifuri: no stop
Limited Express Shimotsuke: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Section Rapid: no stop
Sōka (TS-16)   Express   Koshigaya (TS-21)
Sōka (TS-16)   Section Express   Koshigaya (TS-21)
Sōka (TS-16)   Semi-Express   Koshigaya (TS-21)
Sōka (TS-16)   Section Semi-Express   Koshigaya (TS-21)
Gamō (TS-19)   Local   Koshigaya (TS-21)

History

The station opened on 23 July 1974.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 134,209 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. "Shin-Koshigaya Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 22 January 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. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. 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. 68. ISBN 978-4-06-270022-1.
  4. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

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Coordinates: 35°52′30″N 139°47′23″E / 35.8750°N 139.7897°E