Kuki Station (Saitama)
Kuki Station 久喜駅 | |
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 Kuki Station east exit, February 2007 | |
| Location |
2-1-1 Kuki-chuo, Kuki, Saitama ( 埼玉県久喜市久喜中央二丁目1-1) Japan |
| Operated by | JR East, Tobu Railway |
| Line(s) |
Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) Tobu Isesaki Line |
| Other information | |
| Station code | TI-02 (Tobu) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) |
53,635 daily (Tobu) 35,862 daily (JR) |
Kuki Station (久喜駅 Kuki-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Isesaki Line in Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Lines
Kuki Station is served by the JR East’s Utsunomiya Line (Tōhoku Main Line) and is 48.5 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station. It is also served by the Tobu Isesaki Line, and is located 47.7 kilometers from the terminus at Asakusa
Station layout
The JR East portion of the station has one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
The Tobu portion of the station has two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks, with an elevated station building.
JR East platforms
| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, and Kuroiso (Passing track) |
| 3 | ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (Through service for Yokosuka Line) |
for Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi |
| ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Ōmiya, Akabane, and Ueno |
Tobu platforms
| 1 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi |
| 2 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi |
| ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa (Sectional Semi-Express during daytime only) |
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| 3/4 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utsunomiya Line | ||||
| Ltd. Exp. Nikko / Spacia: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Hasuda | Rapid Rabbit | Koga | ||
| Ōmiya | Commuter Rapid | Koga | ||
| Hasuda | Ltd. Exp. Ohayō Tochigi / Home Town Tochigi | Koga | ||
| Shin-Shiraoka | Local | Higashi-Washinomiya | ||
| Tobu Isesaki Line (TI-02) | ||||
| Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (TS-30) | Ltd. Express Ryōmō | Kazo (TI-05) | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Express | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Express | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Semi Express | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Semi-Express | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Semi-Express (Services from Asakusa) | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Local | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
History
The station first opened on 16 July 1885. The Tobu station opened on 27 August 1899.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kuki Station becoming "TI-02".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 50,635 passengers daily.[3] The JR portion of the station was used by 35,862 passengers. [4]
See also
References
- ↑ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ↑ 「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 27 May 2012.
- ↑ 駅情報（乗車員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員（2014年度 [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuki Station (Saitama). |
- Kuki Station information (Tobu) (Japanese)
- JR East Station Information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 36°3′56.51″N 139°40′38.24″E / 36.0656972°N 139.6772889°E