Kawagoe Station
{{short description|Railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Kawagoe Station
| native_name = 川越駅
| native_name_lang = ja
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| image = Kawagoe Station 20160212.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Overall view of Kawagoe Station in February 2016, with the Tobu tracks on the left
| address = Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|35|54|25|N|139|28|58|E|display=inline, title|region:JP-11_type:railwaystation_source:dewiki}}
| owned =
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| line = {{Plainlist|
- {{Colorbull|MediumBlue}} Tōbu Tōjō Line
- {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Kawagoe Line
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| opened = {{Start date|1915|04|01|df=y}}
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| map_type = Japan Saitama Prefecture#Japan
| map_dot_label = Kawagoe Station
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{{nihongo|Kawagoe Station|川越駅|Kawagoe-eki}} is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway and East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
The Tōbu station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}} in Tokyo to {{STN|Ogawamachi|x|Saitama}} and {{STN|Yorii|x}}, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}} and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to {{STN|Shibuya|x}} and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to {{STN|Motomachi-Chukagai|x}}. Located between {{STN|Shingashi|x}} and {{STN|Kawagoeshi|x}}, it is 30.5 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja:データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = July 2002 | location = Japan | page = 200 | isbn = 4-87366-874-3}}
The JR East station is located on the Kawagoe Line with services eastward to {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}, Ōsaki via the Saikyō Line, and {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}} via the Rinkai Line, and westward to {{STN|Komagawa|x}} and {{STN|Hachiōji|x}} via the Hachikō Line.
Station layout
The Tōbu and JR East stations are arranged side-by-side, with the Tōbu platforms on the east side and the JR East platforms on the west side. The elevated station building and concourse has exits on the east and west sides.
File:Kawagoe Station east entrance 20160320.JPG|The east entrance in March 2016
File:Kawagoe-STA West.jpg|The west entrance in July 2021
Tōbu Railway
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Kawagoe Station
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| native_name_lang = ja
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| image = Tobu-Kawagoe-STA Gate.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The Tōbu ticket barriers in July 2021
| address = 24-9 Wakita-machi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken 350–1122
| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| owned =
| operator = 36px Tōbu Railway
| line = {{TBLS|TJ}} Tōbu Tōjō Line
| distance = 30.5 km from {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}
| platforms = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
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| code = TJ-21 {{Color box|LightSkyBlue}}
| website = {{Official|https://www.tobu.co.jp/railway/guide/station/info/7315.html}}
| opened = {{Start date|1915|04|01|df=y}}
| rebuilt =
| former = Kawagoe-nishimachi (1915–1940)
| closed =
| passengers =124,534 daily
| pass_year = FY2019
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system= Tobu
|line1=TJ Liner|left1=Kawagoeshi|right1=Fujimino|note-left1={{TBSN|TJ|22|size=25}}|note-right1={{TBSN|TJ|18|size=30}}
|line2=TJ Liner|left2=Sakado|right2=Fujimino|oneway-left2=yes|note-right2={{TBSN|TJ|18|size=30}}
|line3=Kawagoe|left3=Kawagoeshi|note-left3={{TBSN|TJ|22|size=30}}|right3=Asakadai|note-right3={{TBSN|TJ|14|25}}
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|line5=F Liner|left5=Kawagoeshi|note-left5={{TBSN|TJ|22|size=30}}|right5=Asakadai|note-right5={{TBSN|TJ|14|size=25}}
|line6=Tojo|left6=Kawagoeshi|note-left6={{TBSN|TJ|22|size=30}}|right6=Fujimino|note-mid6={{SLL|Express|c=#EE1C28|t=#FFF}}|note-right6={{TBSN|TJ|18|size=25}}
|line7=Tojo|left7=Kawagoeshi|note-left7={{TBSN|TJ|22|size=30}}|right7=Shingashi|note-mid7={{SLL|Semi Express|c=#00A76D|t=#FFF}}{{SLL|Local|c=#231F20|t=#FFF}}|note-right7={{TBSN|TJ|20|size=30}}
}}
}}
=Platforms=
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks. This station has a season ticket sales office.Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016 Chest-high platform edge doors were installed in February 2018, and brought into use from March 2018.{{cite web |url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/d4d747113b5b4c107c462d88e81b0ce9/180125_2.pdf?date=20180125125102 |script-title=ja: ３月１７日（土）より、東上線川越駅にてホームドアの使用を開始します！ |trans-title= Platform edge doors to be brought into use at Tojo Line Kawagoe Station from Saturday 17 March |date= 25 January 2018|work= News release |publisher= Tobu Railway |location= Japan|language= ja| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180205113106/http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/d4d747113b5b4c107c462d88e81b0ce9/180125_2.pdf?date=20180125125102 |archive-date= 5 February 2018 |url-status=live |access-date= 5 February 2018}}
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=Tobu Tojo Line|symbol={{TBLS|TJ}}|dir=for {{STN|Fujimino|x}}, {{STN|Wakōshi|x}}, and {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}
{{TSLS|Y|size=18}} Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}}
{{TSLS|F|size=18}} Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for {{STN|Shibuya|x}}
{{pad|1em}}{{TQLS|TY|size=18}} Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for {{STN|Hiyoshi|x|Kanagawa}} and {{STN|Yokohama|x}}
{{pad|2em}}{{TQLS|SH|size=18}} Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line for {{STN|Shin-Yokohama|x}}
{{pad|3em}}File:Sotetsu_line_symbol.svg via Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line for {{STN|Shōnandai|x}}
{{pad|2em}}18px Minatomirai Line for {{STN|Motomachi-Chukagai|x}}}}
{{jpf|pfn=2|first=3|name=Tobu Tojo Line|symbol={{TBLS|TJ}}|dir=for {{STN|Sakado|x|Saitama}}, {{STN|Shinrinkōen|x|Saitama}}, {{STN|Ogawamachi|x|Saitama}}, and {{STN|Yorii|x}}}}
File:Tobu-Kawagoe-STA Ticket.jpg|Tōbu Railway ticket vending machines in July 2021
File:Tobu-Kawagoe-STA Home1.jpg|View of Tōbu Tōjō Line platform 1 in July 2021
File:Tobu-Kawagoe-STA Home2.jpg|View of Tōbu Tōjō Line platform 2 in July 2021
File:Kawagoe Station Monju soba 20160223.JPG|The "Monju" soba and udon noodle stand on platform 2 in February 2016
JR East
{{Infobox station
| name = Kawagoe Station
| style = JR East
| native_name = 川越駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| symbol_location =
| symbol =
| type =
| image = JRE-Kawagoe-STA Gate.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The JR East ticket barriers in July 2021
| address = Wakita-honchō, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken 350–1122
| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| owned =
| line = {{Colorbull|SeaGreen}} Kawagoe Line
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| platforms = 2 island platforms
| tracks = 3
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| status = Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi" )
| website = {{Official|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=525}}
| opened = {{Start date|1940|07|22|df=y}}
| electrified = {{Start date|1985|09|30|df=y}}
| closed =
| passengers = 38,112 daily
| pass_year = FY2019
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East
|line=Kawagoe Omiya|right=Minami-Furuya|note-mid={{SLL|Commuter Rapid|c=Crimson|t=#FFF}}{{SLL|Rapid|c=DodgerBlue|t=#FFF}}Local
|line2=Kawagoe Komagawa|left2=Nishi-Kawagoe}}
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The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.{{cite web |url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=525|script-title=ja:各駅情報（川越駅） |trans-title=Station Information: Kawagoe Station|publisher= East Japan Railway Company |location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 5 May 2017}}
=Platforms=
The JR East station consists of two island platforms serving three tracks. The outer platforms, 3 and 6, are generally used for services to and from Ōmiya and the Saikyō Line, while the inner platforms, 4 and 5, serving the same track, are generally used for Kawagoe Line services westward to Komagawa and Hachiōji via the Hachikō Line.
{{jpfm|first=2|pfn=3–6|span=2|name=Kawagoe Line
(for {{JRLS|JA}} Saikyō Line via Ōmiya)|symbol=■|dir= for {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}
{{JRLS|JA}} Saikyō Line for {{STN|Akabane|x}}, {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}, {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} and {{STN|Ōsaki|x}} (via Ōmiya)
{{RKLS}} Rinkai Line for {{STN|Shin-Kiba|x}} (via Ōsaki)}}
{{jpfm|first=3|name=Kawagoe Line
(for ■ Hachiko Line via {{STN|Komagawa|x}})|symbol=■|dir=for {{STN|Komagawa|x}}
■ Hachiko Line for {{STN|Higashi-Hanno|x}}, {{STN|Haijima|x}} and {{STN|Hachiōji|x}} (via Komagawa)}}
File:JRE-Kawagoe-STA Ticket.jpg|JR East ticket vending machines in July 2021
File:Kawagoe Station platform 5-6 south 20121027.JPG|JR East platforms 5 & 6 looking northward in October 2012
File:Kawagoe Station platform 5-6 north 20121027.JPG|JR East platforms 5 & 6 looking southward in October 2012
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 124,534 passengers daily.{{cite web |url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/corporation/rail/station_info/|script-title=ja: 駅情報（乗降人員）|trans-title=Station information: Passenger figures|year= 2021|publisher= Tobu Railway|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 5 January 2021}} and the JR East station was used by an average of 38,112 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url=https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_03.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)|year= 2020|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 2 August 2020}} The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. (JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.)
History
File:JRE Saikyo Kawagoe Station 1974.jpg
File:Kawagoe Station West exit 20120608.jpg
The station first opened as {{Nihongo|Kawagoe-nishimachi Station|川越西町駅}} on the Tobu Railway from Ikebukuro on 1 April 1915. This was renamed Kawagoe Station on 22 July 1940 coinciding with the opening of the JNR (now JR East) station.{{cite journal | last = Yamamoto | first = Tomoyuki | script-title=ja: 東武東上線の神話時代（１）|trans-title=The mythical era of the Tobu Tojo Line (Part 1)| journal = Japan Railfan Magazine| volume = 48| issue = 570| pages = 126–131| publisher = Koyusha Co., Ltd.| location = Japan| date = October 2008}} The current elevated station building and concourse was opened in 1989. The west side of the station was enlarged in 2004 with the construction of additional sets of stairs to the JR platforms and a new Lumine building over the platforms. In 2007, the former "Fine" shopping and restaurant area within the Tobu side of the station was refurbished and reopened as "Equia Kawagoe". An additional "Equia" zone was opened above the Tobu ticket machine area in September 2008.
Through-running to and from {{STN|Shibuya|x}} via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line commenced on 14 June 2008.Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Kawagoe Station becoming "TJ-21".{{cite web|url= http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|script-title= ja:「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します|trans-title= Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time|date= 9 February 2012|work= Tobu News|publisher= Tobu Railway|language= ja|format= pdf|access-date= 21 March 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120808143320/http://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/017af1e69f2ac63a8b2dea3d14de7a49/120209_1.pdf?date=20120313092459|archive-date= 8 August 2012|url-status= dead}}
Through-running to and from {{STN|Yokohama|x}} and {{STN|Motomachi-Chukagai|x}} via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Tobu Tojo Line platforms in February 2018, and brought into use from 17 March 2018.
Through running to and from {{STN|Shin-Yokohama|x}} and {{STN|Shōnandai|x}} via the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Main Line, and Sōtetsu Izumino Line commenced on 18 March 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tobu.co.jp/news/3163/|website=Tobu Railway|title=2023年3月18日（土）ダイヤ改正に係る各列車の時刻変更について|trans-title=March 18, 2023 (Saturday) Timetable change for each train due to timetable revision|access-date=2023-05-28|quote=羽沢横浜国大～新横浜～日吉駅間の開業に合わせ、東上線から日吉駅・新横浜駅を経由して海老名駅・湘南台駅までの直通運転を開始します。|trans-quote=In conjunction with the opening of the Hazawa yokohama-kokudai - Shin-Yokohama - Hiyoshi line, we will start direct operation from the Tojo Line to Ebina Station and Shonandai Station via Hiyoshi Station and Shin-Yokohama Station.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314175653/https://www.tobu.co.jp/news/3163/|archive-date=2023-03-14|url-status=live}}Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2023
Surrounding area
File:Kawagoe Station west exit forecourt 20140328.JPG
- Hon-Kawagoe Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line (approximately fifteen minutes' walk)
- Tobu Hotel
- {{jct|country=JPN|Route|16}}
From November 2012, work commenced on remodelling the west side of the station, with redesigned segregated access and parking for private cars, buses, and taxis, and an elevated pedestrian walkway leading directly from the station building.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/www/contents/1371080326331/index.html |script-title=ja:川越駅西口駅前広場改修事業（工事の進捗状況について） |trans-title=Kawagoe Station west forecourt remodelling work (Work status) |work=Kawagoe City Official Website |publisher=Kawagoe City |language=ja |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065427/http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/www/contents/1371080326331/index.html |archive-date=16 July 2014 }} The walkway and new upper-level west entrance opened on 26 March 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/www/contents/1326680942276/index.html |script-title=ja:川越駅西口駅前広場改修工事 |trans-title=Kawagoe Station west forecourt remodelling work |work=Kawagoe City Official Website |publisher=Kawagoe City |language=ja |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801232729/http://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/www/contents/1326680942276/index.html |archive-date=1 August 2014 }}
Bus services
The following long-distance express bus services operate from the south side of the station.
- Narita Airport, operated jointly by Chiba Kōtsū, Kawagoe Motor Corp, and Tobu Bus West{{cite web |url= http://www.tobu-bus.com/pc/kousoku/16.html|script-title=ja:坂戸駅南口・川越駅西口－成田空港 直行バス|trans-title=Sakado/Kawagoe – Narita Airport Direct Bus|work= Tobu Bus Online|publisher= Tobu Bus Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 18 May 2012}}
- Haneda Airport, operated by Airport Transport Service (Limousine Bus){{cite web |url= http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/area/haneda/kawagoe.html|script-title=ja:本川越駅・川越駅⇔羽田空港|trans-title=Hon-Kawagoe/Kawagoe – Haneda Airport|work= Airport Limousine|publisher= Airport Transport Service Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 22 July 2012}} and Seibu Bus{{cite web |url= http://www.seibubus.co.jp/airport/index.html|script-title=ja:西武 空港連絡バス|trans-title=Seibu Airport Bus Links|publisher= Seibu Bus Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 23 November 2012}}
- Tokyo Disney Resort, operated jointly by Tokyo Bay City Bus and Tobu Bus West{{cite web|url=http://www.baycity-bus.co.jp/kouso/kawagoe.html |script-title=ja:小江戸川越～東京ディズニーリゾート・新浦安線 |trans-title=Koedo Kawagoe to Tokyo Disney Resort & Shin-Urayasu |date=April 2013 |publisher=Tokyo Bay City Bus |location=Japan |language=ja |access-date=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105030509/http://www.baycity-bus.co.jp/kouso/kawagoe.html |archive-date= 5 January 2012 }}
- Kyoto and Osaka, Wing Liner overnight service operated by Kintetsu Bus{{cite web |url= http://www.kintetsu-bus.co.jp/highway/routelist/route_detail.php?no=10|script-title=ja:大阪・京都←→川越・坂戸・熊谷（ウイングライナー）|trans-title=Osaka/Kyoto – Kawagoe/Sakado/Kumagaya|publisher= Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 18 May 2012}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category-inline}}
- [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=525 Kawagoe Station information] (JR East) {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.tobu.co.jp/railway/guide/station/info/7315.html Kawagoe Station information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072752/http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7315.html |date=19 June 2008 }} (Tobu) {{in lang|ja}}
{{Tōbu Tōjō Line}}
{{Kawagoe Line}}
Category:Railway stations in Kawagoe, Saitama
Category:Stations of Tobu Railway