Ogose Station

Ogose Station 越生駅
Station entrance, May 2006
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
District	Iruma
Town	Ogose
Neighborhood etc.	Ogose
(in Japanese)	埼玉県入間郡越生町越生
History
Year opened	1933
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Hachikō Line Tōbu Ogose Line
Statistics	4,627 passengers/day (Tōbu)[1]

Ogose Station (越生駅, Ogose-eki^?) is a railway station in Ogose, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tobu Railway.^[1][2]

Lines

Ogose Station is served by the Hachikō Line between Komagawa and Takasaki, and also forms the terminus of the 10.9 km Tōbu Ogose Line branch from Sakado.

Station layout

View of the JR East platforms looking south, with the Tobu platforms on the left, December 2005

View of the Tobu Ogose Line platforms 3 and 4, September 2011

The station consists of two (Tobu and JR East) island platforms, each serving two tracks. An additional storage track is located on the east side of the Tobu platform.

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  Shared JR East and Tobu entrance, September 2011

Platforms

1	■Hachikō Line	for Ogawamachi, Yorii, and Takasaki
2	■Hachikō Line	for Komagawa
3/4	■Tōbu Ogose Line	for Kawakado and Sakado

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hachikō Line
Moro		Local	Myōkaku
Tōbu Ogose Line
Terminus		Local	Bushū-Karasawa

History

The JR East station (formerly JNR) opened on 15 April 1933.^[2] The Tōbu station opened on 16 December 1934.^[1][3]

Surrounding area

• Saitama Prefectural Ogose High School

See also

Media related to Ogose Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Ogose Station Information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/8112.html. Retrieved 26 December 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Ogose Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=374. Retrieved 26 December 2010. 
3. ^ 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. 

External links

• JR East Station information (Japanese)
• Tōbu Station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°57′46″N 139°17′58″E / 35.9627°N 139.2994°E / 35.9627; 139.2994