Sakado Station (Saitama)
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Sakado Station
坂戸駅 |
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The north entrance in November 2011
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| Location | 1-1 Hinode-chō, Sakado-shi, Saitama-ken 350-0225 Japan |
| Operated by |
 Tobu Railway
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| Distance | 40.6 km from Ikebukuro |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Connections | Bus stop |
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| Station code | TJ-26 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Opened | 27 October 1916 |
| Rebuilt | 2011 |
| Previous names | Sakado-machi (until 1976) |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) | 27,755 daily |
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 Sakado Station
Location within Japan
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Sakado Station (坂戸駅 Sakado-eki?) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Sakado Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Wakaba and Kita-Sakado, it is 40.6 km from the Ikebukuro terminus. It also forms the starting point of the Tobu Ogose Line branchline to Ogose.
All services, (TJ Liner, Rapid Express, Rapid, Express, Semi express, Local) stop at this station. During the daytime, the station is served by eight trains per hour in each direction on the Tojo Line, and by four trains per hour to Ogose on the Ogose Line.
The station consists of two sets of island platforms numbered from south to north. From 2010, a new elevated station building provided a central set of ticket gates, replacing the previous exits on the north and south sides.
This station has a season ticket sales office.
A siding on the north side of the station is used for storing track maintenance machines. A stabling track for Ogose Line trains lies to the east of the station, next to the permanent way depot. This was created in 2008.
The Ogose Line platforms (1 and 2) are 4 cars long, and the Tojo Line platforms (3 and 4) are 10 cars long.
The station first opened on 27 October 1916, named Sakado-machi Station (坂戸町駅?), coinciding with the extension of the Tojo Railway from Kawagoe. At the time of opening, the journey time from Ikebukuro was approximately 1 hour 40 minutes (compared to 45 minutes by express in 2008). The Ogose Line was opened from Sakado Station on 17 February 1932, initially as a freight line as far as Morido (森戸?). The Ogose Line was extended from Morido to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger service commenced.
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