Nishi-Kawaguchi Station

JK40
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station
JK40; Nishi-Kawaguchi Station; 西川口駅
	Nishi-Kawaguchi Station
Location	2-20-1 Namiki, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken; （埼玉県川口市並木二丁目20-1）; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Keihin-Tohoku Line
Platforms	1 island platform
History
Opened	1954
Passengers
FY2014	53,326
Services

Nishi-Kawaguchi Station (西川口駅, Nishi-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Nishi-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and is located 17.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

The station has one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Nishi-Kawaguchi track layout

Ōmiya・Utsunomiya・Takasaki

2 1

Shonan-Shinjuku Line

Utsunomiya Line

Keihin-Tohoku Line

Warabi, Saitama

Kawaguchi, Saitama

Station building

former connecting track

(for maintenance only)

Ueno・Tokyo・Shinjuku

Platforms

1	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Urawa and Ōmiya

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 53,326 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

History

The station opened on 1 September 1954. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

References

各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

External links

JR East Station Information

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[jreast2014stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 February 2016.