Hon-Kawagoe Station

infobox japan station
namerom=Hon-Kawagoe
name=本川越

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pref=Saitama
city=Kawagoe
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address=1-22 Shintomi-chō
jaloc=埼玉県川越市新富町１－２２
postal=350-0043
open=1895
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oldname=Kawagoe
presentname=1940
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operator=Seibu Railway
line=Seibu Shinjuku Line
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bus=t1

nihongo|Hon-Kawagoe Station|本川越駅|Honkawagoe-eki is a Seibu Railway station located in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. The station is the terminal of the Seibu Shinjuku Line, which links Tokyo and Kawagoe. This is one of three main stations of the city; the other two are Kawagoe Station and Kawagoeshi Station.

The station is approximately 10 minutes' walk from Kawagoeshi Station (Tōbu Tōjō Line), and 15 minutes' walk from Kawagoe Station (JR Kawagoe Line and Tōbu Tōjō Line).

History

The station was opened as Kawagoe Station on the Kawagoe Railway on March 21, 1895. The station name was changed to the present name on July 22, 1940 following the opening of Kawagoe Station on the Kawagoe Line of Japanese Government Railways. [Seibu Railway [http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/kouhou/youran/2007PDF/2007_34.PDF "Kaisha Yōran" (2007)] , p. 114 Ja icon.]

References

External links

* [http://www.seibu-group.co.jp/railways/unyu/ekimap/1428.html Illustration of station facilities] (Seibu Railway) ja icon