Yokoze Station (横瀬駅, Yokoze-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yokoze, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
SI35 Yokoze Station 横瀬駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Station building, July 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 4067 Yokoze, Yokoze-machi, Chichibu-gun, Saitama-ken 368-0072 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°59′04″N 139°05′54″E / 35.984505°N 139.098333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Seibu Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Seibu Chichibu Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.4 km from Agano | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SI35 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 October 1969 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 1,712 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editYokoze Station is served by the Seibu Chichibu Line to Seibu-Chichibu and is 16.4 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Agano.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.
Platforms
edit| 1 | Seibu Chichibu Line
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for Hannō Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro
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| 2 | Seibu Chichibu Line
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for Seibu-Chichibu |
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The platform in August 2009 -
The platform in October 2008
History
editThe station opened on 14 October 1969.[1] A new station building was completed in 1992.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Yokoze Station becoming "SI35".[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was the 85th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 1712 passengers daily.[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 1,533[1] |
| 2005 | 1,801[4] |
| 2010 | 1,770[5] |
| 2015 | 1,878[6] |
Surrounding area
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National Route 299- Yokoze Town Hall
- Yokoze History and Culture Museum
- Yokoze Post Office
- Yokoze River
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員(2019年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ 平成18年統計年鑑 8 運輸・通信 [2006 Statistical Yearbook 8 Transportation / Communications (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員 2010（平成22）年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員 2015（平成27）年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
External links
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Media related to Yokoze Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)