Yanasegawa Station

Yanasegawa Station
柳瀬川駅

The west entrance in September 2012
Location 2-5-1 Tate, Shiki-shi, Saitama-ken 353-0006
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance 19.3 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus stop
Other information
Station code TJ-15     
Website www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7320.html
History
Opened 8 November 1979
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 20,674 daily
Location
Yanasegawa Station
Location within Japan

Yanasegawa Station (柳瀬川駅 Yanasegawa-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Shiki, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Yanasegawa station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Shiki and Mizuhodai stations, it is 19.3 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Only Semi express and Local services stop at this station.[3]

Station layout

The platforms in March 2008

The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

1  Tobu Tojo Line for Fujimino, Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
2  Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Shiki   Semi express   Mizuhodai
Shiki   Local   Mizuhodai

History

The station opened on 8 November 1979.[2]

Through-running to and from Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line commenced on 14 June 2008.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Yanasegawa Station becoming "TJ-15".[5]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 20,674 passengers daily.[7]

Accidents

On 3 September 2012 at around 22:10, a woman in her fifties jumped from the platform into the path of a non-stop Ikebukuro-bound express service and was killed.[8]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. "Yanasegawa Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 5 January 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 March 2016
  4. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
  5. 「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.
  6. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
  7. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. 東武東上線急行に飛び込み死亡…1万6千人影響 [Tobu Tojo Line express hit by suicide - 16,000 affected]. Infosee News (in Japanese). Japan: Rakuten Inc. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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Coordinates: 35°49′52″N 139°33′46″E / 35.8312°N 139.5628°E / 35.8312; 139.5628

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