Gamō Station

Gamō Station
蒲生駅

Gamō Station East Exit, April 2008
Location Gamōkotobuki-cho, Koshigaya, Saitama
(埼玉県越谷市蒲生寿町16-17)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Skytree Line
Platforms 1 island
Other information
Station code TS-19
History
Opened 1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 17,027 daily

Gamō Station
Track Layout
Legend

Shinden

1 2

Shin-Koshigaya

Gamō Station (蒲生駅 Gamō-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Skytree Line (Tobu Isesaki Line) in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Line

The station is served by the Tobu Skytree Line, and is 21.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Asakusa Station.

Station layout

The station has one elevated island platform with two tracks. The station building is located underneath the platforms. There are additional tracks for express trains to bypass this station.

Platforms

1  Tobu Skytree Line for Kita-Senju, Tokyo Skytree, Asakusa
2  Tobu Skytree Line for Kasukabe, Kita-Koshigaya, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Skytree Line (TS-19)
Limited Express Spacia: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Ryōmō: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Kirifuri: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express Shimotsuke: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Section Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Section Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi-Express: Does not stop at this station
Section Semi-Express: Does not stop at this station
Shinden (TS-18)   Local   Shin-Koshigaya (TS-20)

History

Gamō Station opened on 20 December 1899.[1] The station was relocated 1.2 kilometers south to its present location on 25 December 1908. A new station building was completed in 1998. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Gamō Station becoming "TS-19".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 17,027 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. 「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 27 May 2012.
  3. 駅情報(乗降人員) - Tobu Railway official home page (Japanese)

External links

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Coordinates: 35°52′01″N 139°47′29″E / 35.8669°N 139.7914°E / 35.8669; 139.7914

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