Nishi-Agano Station

Nishi-Agano Station
西吾野駅

Nishi-Agano station building, August 2009
Location

Hannō, Saitama

(埼玉県飯能市吾野下ノ平)
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Chichibu Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Other information
Station code SI32
History
Opened 1969
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 374 daily

Nishi-Agano (西吾野駅 Nishi-Agano-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Chichibu Line in Hannō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Agano Station is served by the Seibu Chichibu Line to Seibu-Chichibu and is 3.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Agano.

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 Chichibu Line
Chichibu limited express: Does not stop at this station
Agano   Rapid express   Shōmaru
Agano   Local   Shōmaru

History

The station opened on 14 October 1969.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Nishi-Agano Station becoming "SI32".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the 89th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 374 passengers daily.[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2009 489[4]
2010 421[4]
2011 398[5]
2012 409[3]
2013 374[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. 2021. 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 26 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 26 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 26 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°55′35″N 139°12′08″E / 35.9263°N 139.2023°E / 35.9263; 139.2023

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