Fukaya Station

Fukaya Station 深谷駅
North entrance to Fukaya Station, August 2012
Location	Kashiwaza 3-1-8 Nishijima-cho, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken 埼玉県深谷市西島町三丁目1-8 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 2 island platform
History
Opened	1883
Traffic

Passengers (FY2014)	9832 daily

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

Lines

Fukuaya 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 45.8 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, Urawa, and Ueno Ueno-Tokyo Line (Tokaido Line, Ito Line through service) for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
2, 3	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya, Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Takasaki Line/Ueno-Tokyo Line
Kagohara	Urban Rapid	Okabe
Kagohara	Local	Okabe
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Kagohara	Special Rapid	Okabe
Kagohara	Rapid	Okabe

Statistics

The daily average usage for 2014 was 9,832 people^[1]

History

The station opened on 21 October 1883. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building modeled after Tokyo Station was completed in August 1996, with its brick built by Japan Brick Company. Bricks used in the Marunouchi side of the Tokyo Station building are produced by this company.

Surrounding area

Karasawa River
Fukaya City Hall
Fukaya Post Office
Japan National Route 17

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 Station Information

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: 36°11′29″N 139°16′53″E / 36.1913°N 139.2813°E / 36.1913; 139.2813

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