Kawaguchi-Motogō Station

Kawaguchi-Motogō Station
川口元郷駅

Kawaguchi-Motogō Station No.2 entrance, November 2007
Location 1-2-15 Motogō, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken
(埼玉県川口市元郷1丁目2-15)
Japan
Operated by Saitama Railway Corporation
Line(s) Saitama Rapid Railway Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code      SR20
History
Opened 2001
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 8,088 daily

Kawaguchi-Motogō Station (川口元郷駅 Kawaguchi-Motogo-eki) is a railway station on the Saitama Rapid Railway Line in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Saitama Railway Corporation.

Lines

Kawaguchi-Motogō 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 2.4 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 station has an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.

Platforms

Kawaguchi-Motogō Station platforms, November 2007
1  Saitama Rapid Railway Line for Higashi-Kawaguchi and 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
Akabane-iwabuchi - Minami-Hatogaya

History

Kawaguchi-Motogō Station opened on 28 March 2001 with the opening of the Saitama Rapid Railway Line.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 8,088 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Kawaguchi-motogō Station.

Coordinates: 35°48′01″N 139°43′49″E / 35.8004°N 139.7303°E / 35.8004; 139.7303

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.