Musashi-Yokote Station

Musashi-Yokote Station
武蔵横手駅

Musashi-Yokote station building, August 2012
Location

750 Yamashita, Hidaka, Saitama

(埼玉県日高市横手字山下750 )
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Platforms 1 island
Other information
Station code SI29
History
Opened 1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 315 daily
Musashi-Yokote platform

Musashi-Yokote Station (武蔵横手駅 Musashi-Yokote-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Hidaka, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Musashi-Yokote Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and is 51.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Ikebukuro.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Chichibu limited express: Does not stop at this station
Koma   Rapid express   Higashi-Agano
Koma   Local   Higashi-Agano

History

The station opened on 10 September 1929.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Musashi-Yokote Station becoming "SI29".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station had the second fewest number of passengers on the Seibu network with an average of 315 passengers daily. This was 28 more than Shōmaru, the least used station on the network.[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2009 381[4]
2010 350[4]
2011 463[5]
2012 392[3]
2013 315[3]

Surrounding area

References

  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. 201. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (pdf). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 駅別乗降人員 2013(平成25)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 駅別乗降人員 2010(平成22)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. 駅別乗降人員 2011(平成23)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°53′08″N 139°16′51″E / 35.8855°N 139.2808°E / 35.8855; 139.2808

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