Kasukabe Station (春日部駅, Kasukabe-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
TS27 TD10 Kasukabe Station 春日部駅 | |||||
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 Kasukabe Station east entrance in May 2022 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 1-10-1 Kasukabe, Kasukabe-shi, Saitama-ken Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°58′48″N 139°45′09″E / 35.9799°N 139.7526°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | ||||
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| Distance | 35.3 km from Asakusa | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island + 1 side platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | TS-27, TD-10 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 27 August 1899 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 72,072 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKasukabe Station is served by the following lines.
Tobu Skytree Line (TS-27)
Tobu Urban Park Line (TD-10)
Station Layout
editThis station consists of two island platforms and one side platform serving a total of seven tracks (two of which are not in normal use). The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
edit| 1, 2 | ■ Tobu Skytree Line | for Shin-Koshigaya, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Naka-Meguro  Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line for Shibuya and Chūō-Rinkan
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| 3, 4 | ■ Tobu Skytree Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen_symbol.svg){kind=small} Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki_symbol.svg){kind=small} Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi and Tōbu Nikkō Tobu Kinugawa Line for Kinugawa-Onsen
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| 7 | ■ Tobu Urban Park Line | for Nodashi, Nagareyama-ōtakanomori, Kashiwa, and Funabashi |
| 8 | ■ Tobu Urban Park Line | for Iwatsuki and Ōmiya |
History
editThe station opened on 27 August 1899 as Kasukabe Station (粕壁駅). The kanji of the station name was changed to its present form on 1 September 1949.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kasukabe Station becoming "TS-27" on the Tobu Skytree Line and "TD-10" on the Urban Park Line.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 71,071 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Kasukabe City Hall
- Kasukage Post Office
- Kasukabe City Hospital
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 「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 [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Kasukabe Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobu station information (in Japanese)