Kumagaya Station
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Kumagaya Station
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Kumagaya Station north entrance, June 2011
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Kumagaya, Saitama （埼玉県熊谷市） Japan |
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 Kumagaya Station
Location within Japan
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Kumagaya Station
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The shinkansen platforms at Kumagaya in January 2007
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| Location | 2 Tsukuba ,Kumagaya-shi, Saitama-ken 埼玉県熊谷市筑波2丁目） Japan |
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| Distance | 64.7 km from Tokyo |
| Platforms | 3 island platform + 1 side platform |
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| Opened | 1883 |
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| Passengers (FY2014) | 30,432 daily |
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Kumagaya Station
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The Chichibu Railway platform in January 2008
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| Location | 1-202-1 Sakuragi-cho, Kumagaya, Saitama-ken （埼玉県熊谷市桜木町一丁目202-1） Japan |
| Operated by | Chichibu Railway |
| Line(s) | Chichibu Main Line |
| Distance | 14.9 km from Hanyū |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
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| Passengers (FY2014) | 5,841 |
Kumagaya Station (熊谷駅 Kumagaya-eki?) is a railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Chichibu Railway.
Kumagaya Station is served by the JR East Joetsu Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed shinkansen lines from Tokyo, the Takasaki Line to Takasaki. It is located 64.7 kilometers from Tokyo. The station is also served by the privately operated Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi. It is located 14.9 km from Hanyū on the Chichibu Main Line.
The JR East station consists of two ground-level island platforms, serving four tracks for the Takasaki Line, with an elevated station building above the platforms. Shinkansen services are provided by one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, located above the station building. The station has a “Midori no Madoguchi” staffed ticket office.
The Chichibu Railway Station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.
The station on the Takasaki Line opened on July 28, 1883. The Chichibu Line platforms opened on October 7, 1901. The Jōetsu Shinkansen platforms opened on November 15, 1982. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.
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