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Kawagoeshi Station

Kawagoeshi Station
川越市駅
Kawagoeshi Station entrance 20120204.JPG
The station entrance in February 2012
Location 1-4-4 Rokken-machi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken 350-0041
Japan
Operated by Tōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line (TJ) symbol.svg Tobu Tojo Line
Distance 31.4 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Hon-Kawagoe Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
Other information
Station code TJ-22     
Website www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7316.html
History
Opened 1 May 1914 (1914-05-01)
Previous names Kawagoe-machi (until 1922)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 35,968 daily
Location
Kawagoeshi Station is located in Japan
Kawagoeshi Station
Kawagoeshi Station
Location within Japan

Kawagoeshi Station (川越市駅 Kawagoeshi-eki?) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Kawagoeshi Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Kawagoe and Kasumigaseki, it is 31.4 km from the Ikebukuro terminus. All services, (TJ Liner, Rapid express, Rapid, Express, Semi express, Local) stop at this station except for the two morning up TJ Liner services for Ikebukuro.

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station building and entrance is located on the east side. A new footbridge providing lift access was added during fiscal 2010.

Two storage tracks are located between the running lines north of the station for use by trains terminating at this station. On the west side of the station lies the Kawagoe maintenance depot, which is responsible for minor overhauls of Tojo Line rolling stock.


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