- Ogawamachi Station (Saitama)
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Ogawamachi Station小川町駅
Station entrance, May 2006 Location Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)District Hiki Town Ogawa Neighborhood etc. Ōtsuka (in Japanese) 埼玉県比企郡小川町大塚 History Year opened 1923 Rail services Operator(s) JR East
Tobu RailwayLine(s) Hachikō Line
Tōbu Tōjō LineStatistics 11,656 passengers/day (Tōbu)[1] Ogawamachi Station (小川町駅 Ogawamachi-eki) is a railway station in Ogose, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tobu Railway.[2][1]
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Lines
Ogawamachi Station is served by the Hachikō Line between Komagawa and Takasaki, and also by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo.
Station layout
View of the station showing Tobu platforms on left and JR East platforms on right, January 2006
The Tobu side of the station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The JR East side of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, forming a passing loop on the single-track Hachikō Line. Two storage tracks lie between the Tobu and JR East platforms.
The Tobu station has a season ticket sales office.[3]
Platforms
1 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Yorii 2 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro 3 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Yorii 4 ■Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro 7 ■Hachikō Line for Yorii and Takasaki 8 ■Hachikō Line for Ogose and Komagawa Adjacent stations
« Service » Tōjō Line Musashi-Ranzan TJ Liner Terminus Musashi-Ranzan Rapid Express Terminus Musashi-Ranzan Express Terminus Musashi-Ranzan Commuter Express Terminus Musashi-Ranzan Semi Express Terminus Musashi-Ranzan Local Tōbu-Takezawa Hachikō Line Myōkaku Local Takezawa History
The Tobu station opened on 5 November 1923[1][4], while what is now the JR station opened on 24 March 1934.[2]
Surrounding area
- Saitama Prefectural Ogawa High School
See also
Media related to Ogawamachi Station at Wikimedia CommonsReferences
- ^ a b c "Ogawamachi Station Information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7504.html. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Ogawamachi Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=360. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published February 2011
- ^ 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)
Stations of the Hachikō Line Hachiōji - Kita-Hachiōji - Komiya - Haijima - Higashi-Fussa - Hakonegasaki - Kaneko - Higashi-Hannō - Komagawa - Moro - Ogose - Myōkaku - Ogawamachi - Takezawa - Orihara - Yorii - Yōdo - Matsuhisa - Kodama - Tanshō - Gunma-Fujioka - Kita-Fujioka - Kuragano ( - Takasaki)
Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line Ikebukuro - Kita-Ikebukuro - Shimo-Itabashi - Ōyama - Naka-Itabashi - Tokiwadai - Kami-Itabashi - Tōbu-Nerima - Shimo-Akatsuka - Narimasu - (Towards Shin-Kiba / Shibuya<<) Wakōshi - Asaka - Asakadai - Shiki - Yanasegawa - Mizuhodai - Tsuruse - Fujimino - Kami-Fukuoka - Shingashi - Kawagoe - Kawagoeshi - Kasumigaseki - Tsurugashima - Wakaba - Sakado - Kita-Sakado - Takasaka - Higashi-Matsuyama - Shinrinkōen - Tsukinowa - Musashi-Ranzan - Ogawamachi - Tōbu-Takezawa - Obusuma - Hachigata - Tamayodo - Yorii
Coordinates: 36°03′32″N 139°15′39″E / 36.0588918°N 139.260807°E
Categories:- Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
- Railway stations opened in 1923
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Stations of Tobu Railway
- Tobu Tojo Main Line
- Hachikō Line
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