Kasumigaseki Station (Saitama)

Kasumigaseki Station (霞ヶ関駅, Kasumigaseki-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

TJ23
Kasumigaseki Station

霞ヶ関駅
The north entrance in March 2013
Location1-1-4 Kasumigaseki-higashi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken 350-1103
Japan
Coordinates35°55′32″N 139°26′35″E
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)TJ Tobu Tojo Line
Distance34.8 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeTJ-23
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened27 October 1916
Rebuilt2007–2008
Previous namesMatoba (until 1930)
Passengers
FY201529,448 daily
Location
Kasumigaseki Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Kasumigaseki Station
Kasumigaseki Station (Japan)

Lines

Kasumigaseki Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Kawagoeshi and Tsurugashima, it is 34.8 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Express, Semi Express, and Local services stop at this station.[3]

Station layout

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

  • The south entrance in March 2013
  • The ticket barriers in March 2013
  • The passenger elevator on the platform in February 2016
  • View of the platforms looking in the down direction in February 2016
  • The kiosk on the platform in February 2016

Platforms
1 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Sakado, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
2 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro
Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Kawagoe express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kawagoeshi   Express / F Liner   Tsurugashima
Kawagoeshi   Semi express   Tsurugashima
Kawagoeshi   Local   Tsurugashima

History

The station opened on 27 October 1916 as Matoba Station (的場駅) coinciding with the extension of the Tojo Railway line from Kawagoe to Sakado-machi (now Sakado Station).[1] It was renamed Kasumigaseki on 14 January 1930 following the opening of the nearby Kasumigaseki Country Club in 1929.[4] Later, in 1940, the former name was reassigned to Matoba Station on the Kawagoe Line.

A track operated by Saitama Prefecture formerly led from this station to a gravel excavation site on the nearby Iruma River, but this was closed in 1957.[5]

The platform was previously linked to the station building on the south side by an underground passage, but in 2007, the station was rebuilt with the station facilities relocated above the platforms.[5] In 2008, an entrance was also added on the north side of the station.[5]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Kasumigaseki Station becoming "TJ-23".[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 29,448 passengers daily.[7] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
201028,762[8]
201428,817[9]
201529,448[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. "Kasumigaseki Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  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. Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). 東武東上線の神話時代（１）. Japan Railfan Magazine. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 48 (570): 126–131.
  5. Yajima, Shuichi (1 July 2013). 東武東上線　街と駅の1世紀 [Tobu Tojo Line - A Century of Towns and Stations] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Sairyusha. p. 56. ISBN 978-4-7791-1722-0.
  6. 「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 21 March 2012.
  7. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  9. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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