Nishi-Kawagoe Station

Nishi-Kawagoe Station 西川越駅
Nishi-Kawagoe Station entrance in July 2012
Other names	1 side platform
Location	Ogaya, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken 350-1104 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kawagoe Line
Distance	2.6 km from Kawagoe
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1154
History
Opened	22 July 1940
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	1,361 daily
Location
Nishi-Kawagoe Station Location within Japan

Nishi-Kawagoe Station (西川越駅 Nishi-Kawagoe-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Lines

Nishi-Kawagoe Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 2.6 km from Kawagoe.^[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.^[3]

Station layout

View of the platform looking east, January 2009

The station has one unnumbered side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station structure is located on the south side of the track.^[2]

Platforms

■ Kawagoe Line

for Kawagoe, Komagawa, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kawagoe Line
Matoba		Local	Kawagoe

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.^[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 1,361 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,050[6]
2005	1,156[7]
2006	1,164[8]
2007	1,177[9]
2008	1,223[10]
2009	1,236[11]
2010	1,225[12]
2011	1,210[13]
2014	1,361[5]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅情報（西川越駅） [Station Information: Nishi-Kawagoe Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
2. 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. 28/43. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
4. 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. 446. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
6. 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 October 2012.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2006年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2006)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2007年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2007)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
10. 各駅の乗車人員 (2008年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2008)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
11. 各駅の乗車人員 (2009年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2009)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
12. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
13. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

External links

• JR East station information) (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°55′9.0084″N 139°27′34.15″E / 35.919169000°N 139.4594861°E