Nagata Station (Saitama)

Nagata Station 永田駅
Nagata Station, March 2006
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Fukaya
History
Year opened	1913
Rail services
Operator(s)	Chichibu Railway
Line(s)	Chichibu Main Line
Statistics	749 passengers/day (FY2000)

Nagata Station (永田駅, Nagata-eki^?) is a railway station in Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the Chichibu Railway.

Lines

Nagata Station is served by the Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi, and is located 27.1 km from Hanyū.^[1]

Station layout

View of the station from the east (Kumagaya) direction with platform 1 on the left, November 2011

The station is staffed and consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks in total. Track 3 is a bidirectional freight loop not normally used by passenger services.^[2]

Platforms

1	■Chichibu Main Line	for Yorii, Chichibu, and Mitsumineguchi
2	■Chichibu Main Line	for Kumagaya and Hanyū

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Chichibu Main Line
Takekawa		Local	Omaeda
Paleo Express: no stop
Chichibuji: no stop

History

Nagata Station opened on 1 June 1913.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2000, the station was used by an average of 749 passengers daily.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Arakawa River
• National Route 140

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 4-87366-874-3. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１０巻　上越・秩父エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 10 Joetsu & Chichibu Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 34/84. ISBN 978-4-06-270070-2. 

External links

Media related to Nagata Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons

• Nagata Station timetable (Japanese)