Obusuma Station

Obusuma Station
男衾駅

Station building and forecourt, November 2012
Location 1792-1 Tomida, Yorii, Ōsato, Saitama
(大里郡寄居町富田1792-1)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Connections
Other information
Station code TJ-35
History
Opened 1925
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 1,829 daily

Obusuma Station (男衾駅 Obusuma-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Yorii, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway opeator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Obusuma Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located 70.8 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] During the daytime, the station is served by two "Local" (all-stations) trains per hour in each direction between Ogawamachi and Yorii. There are no direct trains to or from Ikebukuro.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station building is located on the east (up) side, connected to the platforms by an overhead footbridge.[4]

Toilet facilities are located next to the ticket barriers, with no wheelchair access provided.[1][5] New accessible toilet facilities are under construction on the platform, scheduled to be completed in late March 2012.[6]

A storage loop used for track maintenance equipment lies to the east of the station on the site of what was formerly a freight yard, and the remains of a former side platform also lie on the west side of the station.[4]

Platforms

1  Tobu Tojo Line for Yorii
2  Tobu Tojo Line for Ogawamachi, Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations

Service
Tobu Tojo Line
Tōbu-Takezawa   Local   Hachigata

History

The station opened on July 10, 1925.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Obusuma Station becoming "TJ-35".[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 1,829 passengers daily.[8] >

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Obusuma Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published February 2011
  4. 1 2 Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 35/67. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  5. "Obusuma Station information" (in Japanese). Saitama Prefectural Government. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. "東武東上線 男衾駅 トイレ新設工事についてのお知らせ" [Notice of New Toilet Construction at Tobu Tojo Line Obusuma Station], Tobu Railway, January 2012
  7. 「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. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  8. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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Coordinates: 36°06′26″N 139°14′05″E / 36.1072°N 139.2346°E / 36.1072; 139.2346

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