- Nishi-Ōya Station
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Nishi-Ōya Station西大家駅
Nishi-Ōya Station entrance, June 2007 Location Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)City Sakado Neighborhood etc. 623-7 Morito Postal Code 350-0244 (in Japanese) 坂戸市森戸623-7 History Year opened 1936 Rail services Operator(s) Tobu Railway Line(s) Tōbu Ogose Line Statistics 2,963 passengers/day [1] Nishi-Ōya Station (西大家駅 Nishi Ōya-eki) is a railway station in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway.[1]
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Lines
Nishi-Ōya is served by the Tōbu Ogose Line, a single-track branchline running from Sakado to Ogose, and is located 4.4 km from Sakado.[2] During the daytime, the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction.[3]
Station layout
A view of the single platform looking toward Sakado, August 2009
The station consists of a single side-platform serving one bi-directional track.[4]
Adjacent stations
« Service » Tōbu Ogose Line Ippommatsu Local Kawakado History
The station opened on 28 February 1936.[2]
Platform edge sensors and TV monitors were installed in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation on the Ogose Line from June 2008.
Surrounding area
- Tokyo International University Sakado campus[4]
- Saitama Prefectural Sakado Nishi High School[4]
See also
Media related to Nishi-Ōya Station at Wikimedia CommonsReferences
- ^ a b "Nishi-Ōya Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/8103.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ 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. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published March 2011
- ^ a b c 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. 68. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
External links
- Nishi-Ōya Station information (Japanese)
Stations of the Tōbu Ogose Line Ogose - Bushū-Karasawa - Higashi-Moro - Bushū-Nagase - Kawakado - Nishi-Ōya - Ippommatsu - Sakado
Coordinates: 35°55′53″N 139°21′23″E / 35.9315°N 139.3564°E
Categories:- Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
- Railway stations opened in 1936
- Stations of Tobu Railway
- Tobu Ogose Line
- 1936 establishments in Japan
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