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Kita-Koshigaya Station

Kita-Koshigaya Station
北越谷駅
Kitakoshigaya Station East Entrance 1.jpg
Kita-Koshigaya Station east side in June 2012
Location 3-4-23 Ōsawa, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan
Operated by Tōbu Tetsudō Logo.svg Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Skytree Line (TS) symbol.svg Tobu Skytree Line
Distance 26.0 km from Asakusa
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bus terminal
Other information
Station code TS-22
Website Official website
History
Opened 27 August 1899
Previous names
  • Koshigaya Station (1899-1911)
  • Bushū-Ōsawa Station (1911-1956)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 52,745 daily
Location
Kita-Koshigaya Station is located in Japan
Kita-Koshigaya Station
Kita-Koshigaya Station
Location within Japan

Kita-Koshigaya Station (北越谷駅 Kita-Koshigaya-eki?, lit. "North Koshigaya Station") is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Kita-Koshigaya Station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line from Asakusa in Tokyo, and is 26.0 km from the line's terminus at Asakusa. Through services also operate to and from Naka-Meguro via the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, and Shibuya and Chūō-Rinkan via the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. It is also located adjacent to Minami-Koshigaya Station on the Musashino Line.

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four lines, with the station building located underneath.

Koshigaya

Ōbukuro

The west entrance in June 2012

The down platforms 3 and 4 in November 2008

The station opened on 27 August 1899 as Koshigaya Station (越ヶ谷駅?). It was renamed Bushū-Ōsawa Station (武州大沢駅?) on 20 November 1911, and was renamed Kita-Koshigaya from 1 December 1956. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kita-Koshigaya Station becoming "TS-22".


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