Okegawa Station

Okegawa Station 桶川駅
Okegawa Station in 2008
Location	1-1-1 Minami, Okegawa-shi, Saitama-ken (埼玉県桶川市南一丁目1-1 ) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line
Platforms	1 island + 1 side platform
History
Opened	1885
Traffic

Passengers (FY2014)	26,161 daily

Okegawa Station (桶川駅, Okegawa-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line in Okegawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Okegawa Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 11.8 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya and Ueno
	■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara
	■ Ueno-Tokyo Line	for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
2	■ Takasaki Line	(not normally used)
3	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya, Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Takasaki Line / Ueno-Tokyo Line
Ageo	Urban Rapid	Kōnosu
Ageo	Commuter Rapid	Kōnosu
Kita-Ageo	Local	Kitamoto
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Ageo	Special Rapid	Kitamoto
Kita-Ageo	Rapid	Kitamoto

Statistics

The daily average usage for 2014 was 26,161 people^[1]

History

The station opened on 1 March 1885. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

Okegawa City Hall
site of Okegawa-shuku

References

↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

External links

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JR East Okegawa Station

Stations of the Takasaki Line

(Tohoku Main Line(Utsunomiya Line) Ueno>>) Ōmiya Miyahara Ageo Kita-Ageo Okegawa Kitamoto Kōnosu Kita-Kōnosu Fukiage Gyōda Kumagaya Kagohara Fukaya Okabe Honjō Jimbohara Shinmachi Kuragano Takasaki

Stations of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line	(Maebashi Shin-Maebashi Ino Takasakitonyamachi) Takasaki Kuragano Shimmachi Jimbohara Honjō Okabe Fukaya Kagohara Kumagaya Gyōda Fukiage Kita-Kōnosu Kōnosu Kitamoto Okegawa Kita-Ageo Ageo Miyahara Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Musashi-Kosugi Yokohama Totsuka Ōfuna Fujisawa Tsujidō Chigasaki Hiratsuka Ōiso Ninomiya Kōzu Kamonomiya Odawara

Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line	Utsunomiya Suzumenomiya Ishibashi Jichi-idai Koganei Oyama Mamada Nogi Koga Kurihashi Higashi-Washinomiya Kuki Shin-Shiraoka Shiraoka Hasuda Higashi-Ōmiya Toro Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Nishi-Ōi Musashi-Kosugi Shin-Kawasaki Yokohama Hodogaya Higashi-Totsuka Totsuka Ōfuna Kita-Kamakura Kamakura Zushi

Coordinates: 35°59′54″N 139°33′51″E / 35.9982°N 139.5642°E / 35.9982; 139.5642

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