Kawakado Station

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Kawakado Station
川角駅
File:Kawakado Station entrance 20090916.JPG
Kawakado Station entrance, September 2009
Location 289-2 Shimogawara, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama
(入間郡毛呂山町下川原289-2)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Ogose Line
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  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code TJ-43
History
Opened 1934
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010) 14,496 daily

Kawakado Station (川角駅 Kawakado-eki?) is a railway station on the Tobu Ogose Line in Moroyama, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Kawakado Station is served by the Tobu Ogose Line, a 10.9 km single-track branchline running from Sakado to Ogose, and is situated 5.6 km from Sakado.[2] During the daytime, the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction.[3]

Station layout

File:Kawakado Station platform 20090916.JPG
View looking east from the up (Sakado-bound) platform, September 2009

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks forming a passing loop on the single-track line. The station entrance is located on the northern (Sakado-bound) side of the station. Lifts were added in 2009.

Platforms

1  Tobu Ogose Line for Ogose
2  Tobu Ogose Line for Sakado

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Ogose Line
Nishi-Ōya   Local   Bushū-Nagase

History

The station opened on 16 December 1934, initially as an unstaffed station. It became a staffed station on 17 May 1965.[2] A second platform and passing loop was added in August 1987.

Platform edge sensors and TV monitors were installed in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation on the Ogose Line from June 2008.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Ogose Line, with Kawakado Station becoming "TJ-43".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 14,496 passengers daily.[5]

Surrounding area

File:Kawakado-SaitamaHeisei.JPG
Ogose Line 8000 series train approaching Kawakado Station on a Sakado-bound service with Saitama Heisei Junior High School visible in the background, December 2008

The station is close to the campuses of three universities: Josai University, Meikai University (Sakado Campus), and Nihon Institute of Medical Science. The large number of students using the line makes this station the busiest on the Ogose Line second only to Sakado Station.[6] The station is also close to the Saitama Heisei Junior and Senior High Schools.

Bus services

Kawakado Station is served by the "Moro Bus" community minibus (Yuzu Yellow Line) service operated by the town of Moro,[7] and also by the "Sakacchi Bus" (Ōya Line) and "Sakacchi Wagon" (Nissai Line) community minibus services operated by the city of Sakado.[8]

See also

References

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  6. "Your Tōbu" February 2009 issue, No. 290
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External links

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