Higashi-Kawaguchi Station

Higashi-Kawaguchi Station
東川口駅

The south side of the JR East station with the entrance to the Saitama Railway station on the right, May 2008
Location Kawaguchi, Saitama
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island
Connections
  • Bus stop

Higashi-Kawaguchi Station (東川口駅 Higashi-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector railway operator Saitama Railway Corporation.

Lines

The JR East station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchū-Hommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is located 39.2 kilometers from Fuchū-Hommachi Station.

The Saitama Railway Station is served by the 14.6 km Saitama Rapid Railway Line, which extends from Akabane-iwabuchi in Kita, Tokyo to Urawa-Misono in Midori-ku, Saitama, and lies 12.2 km from the starting point of the line at Akabane-iwabuchi.[1] The majority of services on the line continue southward onto the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line to Meguro and on the Tokyu Meguro Line to Hiyoshi in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Station layout

The JR East part of the station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The Saitama Railway part of the station is located underground, and also consists of an island platform serving two tracks.

JR East

Higashi-Kawaguchi Station
東川口駅
JR East station

JR East Higashi-Kawaguchi Station south entrance, June 2012
Location 1 Tozuka, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県川口市戸塚1丁目）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) ■ Musashino Line
Platforms 1 island platform
History
Opened 1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 33,065 daily

Platforms

1 ■ Musashino Line for Minami-Urawa, Nishi-Kokubunji, and Fuchū-Hommachi
2 ■ Musashino Line for Minami-Koshigaya, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, and Tokyo

Facilities

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Musashino Line
Higashi-Urawa Local Minami-Koshigaya

Saitama Railway

Higashi-Kawaguchi Station
東川口駅
Saitama Railway Corporation station

Saitama Railway Higashi-Kawaguchi Station No.2 entrance, November 2007
Location 1-1-1 Higashi-Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県川口市東川口1丁目1-1）
Japan
Operated by Saitama Railway Corporation
Line(s) Saitama Rapid Railway Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Other information
Station code      SR25
History
Opened 2001
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 13,875 daily

The station has an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.

Platforms

1 ■ Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Urawa-Misono
2 ■ Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Akabane-iwabuchi
Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for Meguro
Tokyu Meguro Line for Hiyoshi

Facilities and accessibility

The station concourse and platforms have elevator access. Universal access toilets are available on the concourse level.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Saitama Rapid Railway Line
Tozuka-angyō - Urawa-Misono

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 33,065 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] In fiscal 2011, the Saitama Railway station was used by an average of 13,857 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 24,474[4]
2005 25,806[5]
2010 29,263[6]
2013 32,447[2]

History

The JR East station opened on April 1, 1973, as one of the original stations on the then-Japanese National Railways (JNR) Musashino Line.[7] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[7] The Saitama Rapid Railway Line opened on 28 March 2001.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ↑ 埼玉高速鉄道輸送状況 [Saitama High Speed Railway Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  7. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 74. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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