Track layout of Kasukabe Station

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.

Lines

Kasukabe Station is served by the following lines.

Station Layout

This 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

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
3, 4 ■ Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki
Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi and Tōbu Nikkō
Tobu Kinugawa Line for Kinugawa-Onsen
7 ■ Tobu Urban Park Line for Nodashi, Nagareyama-ōtakanomori, Kashiwa, and Funabashi
8 ■ Tobu Urban Park Line for Iwatsuki and Ōmiya

History

The 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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 71,071 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

  • Kasukabe City Hall
  • Kasukage Post Office
  • Kasukabe City Hospital

See also

References

  1. ^ 「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.
  2. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

Media related to Kasukabe Station at Wikimedia Commons