Nishi-Kawagoe Station

Nishi-Kawagoe Station
西川越駅

Station entrance, July 2012
Location Ogaya, Kawagoe, Saitama
(埼玉県川越市小ケ谷)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Kawagoe Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1940
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 1,210 daily

Nishi-Kawagoe Station (西川越駅 Nishi-Kawagoe-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Nishi-Kawagoe Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 2.6 km from Kawagoe.[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.[3]

Station layout

View of the platform looking east, January 2009

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station structure is located on the south side of the track.[2]

Platforms

1  Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe, Komagawa, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawagoe Line
Matoba Local Kawagoe

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,210 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 1,050[5]
2005 1,156[6]
2006 1,164[7]
2007 1,177[8]
2008 1,223[9]
2009 1,236[10]
2010 1,225[11]
2011 1,210[4]

References

  1. 1 2 各駅情報(西川越駅) [Station Information: Nishi-Kawagoe Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 28/43. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2006年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2008年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  10. 各駅の乗車人員 (2009年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  11. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

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