Yokoze Station
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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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.
Lines
[edit]Yokoze 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
[edit]The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | Seibu Chichibu Line | for Hannō Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro |
| 2 | Seibu Chichibu Line | for Seibu-Chichibu |
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The platform in August 2009 -
The platform in October 2008
History
[edit]The 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
[edit]In 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
[edit]References
[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)