Matoba Station

Matoba Station 的場駅
Matoba Station entrance in February 2010
Location	1314 Matoba, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken (埼玉県川越市的場1314) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kawagoe Line
Distance	4.8 km from Kawagoe
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1446
History
Opened	1940
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	3,065 daily
Location
Matoba Station Location within Japan

Matoba Station (的場駅 Matoba-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Lines

Matoba Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 4.8 km from Kawagoe.^[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.^[3]

Station layout

View of the platforms looking east in January 2009

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. Many trains cross here on the otherwise single line.^[2]

Platforms

1	■ Kawagoe Line	for Komagawa and Hachiōji
2	■ Kawagoe Line	for Kawagoe

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kawagoe Line
Kasahata		Local	Nishi-Kawagoe

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.^[4] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 3,065 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	2,848[6]
2005	2,956[7]
2010	2,972[8]
2011	2,894[9]

Surrounding area

• Tokyo International University
• Shobi University
• Kasumigaseki Station (Tōbu Tōjō Line)

Matoba Station is approximately a 10-minute walk from the Kawagoe-Matoba Bus Stop on the Kan-Etsu Expressway, which is served by long-distance bus services operated by Seibu Bus to destinations including Niigata, Toyama, Nagano, Karuizawa, and Kanazawa.^[10]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅情報（的場駅） [Station Information: Matoba Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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. 29/44. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
4. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 446. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
10. 高速バス [Express bus services] (in Japanese). Japan: City of Kawagoe. 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°55′3.50″N 139°26′9.84″E / 35.9176389°N 139.4360667°E