Kumagaya Station

Railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Kumagaya Station

熊谷駅

Kumagaya Station north entrance in February 2021

General information
Location| 2 Chome-115 Tsukuba, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama-ken 360-0037
1-202-1 Sakuragi-cho, Kumagaya, Saitama-ken
Japan
Coordinates| 36°08′24″N 139°23′24″E﻿ / ﻿36.140°N 139.390°E﻿ / 36.140; 139.390Coordinates: 36°08′24″N 139°23′24″E﻿ / ﻿36.140°N 139.390°E﻿ / 36.140; 139.390
Operated by|

* JR East
* Chichibu Railway

Line(s)|

* Jōetsu Shinkansen
* Hokuriku Shinkansen
* ■ Takasaki Line
* ■ Chichibu Main Line

Distance| 64.7 km from Tokyo (JR East)
14.9 km from Hanyū (Chichibu)
Platforms| 3 island + 1 side platform (JR East)
1 island platform (Chichibu)
History
Opened| 28 July 1883
Passengers
FY2019 (JR East)
/ FY2018 (Chichibu)| 30,064 (JR East)
10,927 (Chichibu)
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

|
|

Honjō-Waseda

towards Niigata

|  | Jōetsu Shinkansen

Toki

|  | Ōmiya

towards Tokyo

Honjō-Waseda

towards Gala-Yuzawa

|  | Jōetsu Shinkansen

Tanigawa

Honjō-Waseda

towards Nagano

|  | Hokuriku Shinkansen

Asama

Takasaki

towards Manza-Kazawaguchi

|  | Kusatsu |  | Ōmiya

OMYJU07

towards Ueno

Fukaya

towards Minakami

|  | Minakami |  | Okegawa

towards Ueno

Fukaya

towards Takasaki

|  | Akagi |  | Kōnosu

towards Ueno or Shinjuku

Kagohara

towards Maebashi

|  | Takasaki Line

Rapid Urban

|  | Kōnosu

towards Tokyo

| Takasaki Line

Local

|  | Gyōda

towards Tokyo

Kagohara

towards Takasaki

|  | Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Special Rapid

|  | Kōnosu

towards Odawara

Kagohara

towards Maebashi

|  | Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Rapid

|  | Gyōda

towards Odawara

Preceding station  | Chichibu Railway | Following station
Takekawa

towards Mitsumineguchi

|  | SL Paleo Express |  | Terminus
| Chichibu Main Line

Rapid Chichibuji

|  | Gyōdashi

towards Hanyū

Kami-Kumagaya

towards Mitsumineguchi

|  | Chichibu Main Line

Local

|  | Socio Distribution Center

towards Hanyū

Location

Kumagaya Station

Location within Saitama Prefecture

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Kumagaya Station

Kumagaya Station (Japan)

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Kumagaya Station (熊谷駅, Kumagaya-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Chichibu Railway.

## Contents

* 1 Lines
* 2 Station layout
* 2.1 JR East
* 2.2 Chichibu Railway
* 2.3 Platforms
* 3 History
* 4 Passenger statistics
* 5 Surrounding area
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Lines[edit]

Kumagaya Station is served by the JR East Jōetsu Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed shinkansen lines from Tokyo, the Takasaki Line to Takasaki. It is located 64.7 kilometers from Tokyo. The station is also served by the privately operated Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi. It is located 14.9 km from Hanyū on the Chichibu Main Line.[1]

## Station layout[edit]

### JR East[edit]

The JR East station consists of two ground-level island platforms, serving four tracks for the Takasaki Line, with an elevated station building above the platforms. Shinkansen services are provided by one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, located above the station building. The station has a “Midori no Madoguchi” staffed ticket office.

### Chichibu Railway[edit]

The Chichibu Railway Station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.

### Platforms[edit]

1,2 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)  | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Itō Line)

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■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line  | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Odawara (via JT Tōkaidō Line)
3-4 | ■ Takasaki Line  | for Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi
5 | ■ Chichibu Main Line  | for Gyōdashi and Hanyū
6 | ■ Chichibu Main Line  | for Yorii, Chichibu, and Mitsumineguchi
11 | ■ Shinkansen  | (Not normally used)
12 | ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen  | for Ōmiya, Ueno, and Tokyo
13 | ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen  | for Takasaki, Echigo-Yuzawa, and Niigata
■ Hokuriku Shinkansen  | for Takasaki, Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa

## History[edit]

The station on the Takasaki Line opened on July 28, 1883. The Chichibu Line platforms opened on October 7, 1901.[1] The Jōetsu Shinkansen platforms opened on November 15, 1982. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of Kumagaya Station was used by an average of 30,064 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]In fiscal 2018, the Chichibu Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 10,927 passengers daily.[3]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* Kumagaya City Office
* Kumagaya General Hospital
* National Route 17

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 192\. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
3. ^ 8-1 鉄道による駅別旅客及び貨物輸送状況 (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Kumagaya Station at Wikimedia Commons

* JR East station information (in Japanese)
* Chichibu Railway station timetable (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Jōetsu Shinkansen

* Tokyo
* Ueno
* Ōmiya
* Kumagaya
* Honjō-Waseda
* Takasaki
* Jōmō-Kōgen
* Echigo-Yuzawa
* (Gala-Yuzawa)
* Urasa
* Nagaoka
* Tsubame-Sanjō
* Niigata

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Stations of the Hokuriku Shinkansen

* (Tokyo
* Ueno
* Ōmiya
* Kumagaya
* Honjō-Waseda)
* Takasaki
* Annaka-Haruna
* Karuizawa
* Sakudaira
* Ueda
* Nagano
* Iiyama
* Jōetsumyōkō
* Itoigawa
* Kurobe-Unazukionsen
* Toyama
* Shin-Takaoka
* Kanazawa

* Under construction:

* Komatsu
* Kagaonsen
* Awaraonsen
* Fukui
* Echizen-Takefu
* Tsuruga

* Planned:

* Higashi-Obama (tentative name)
* Kyōto
* Matsuiyamate (tentative name)
* Shin-Ōsaka

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Stations of the Takasaki Line

* (Ueno–Tokyo Line towards Tokyo, Yokohama, Odawara and Atami << )
* Ueno
* Oku
* (Shonan-Shinjuku Line towards Shinjuku, Yokohama and Odawara << )
* Akabane
* Urawa
* Saitama-Shintoshin
* Ōmiya
* Miyahara
* Ageo
* Kita-Ageo
* Okegawa
* Kitamoto
* Kōnosu
* Kita-Kōnosu
* Fukiage
* Gyōda
* Kumagaya
* Kagohara
* Fukaya
* Okabe
* Honjō
* Jimbohara
* Shinmachi
* Kuragano
* Takasaki
* (Jōetsu Line for Shin-Maebashi >> )

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Stations of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line

Takasaki Line \- Tōkaidō Main Line|

* (Maebashi
* Shin-Maebashi
* Ino
* Takasakitonyamachi)
* Takasaki
* Kuragano
* Shinmachi
* 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 Medical University
* 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

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Chichibu Railway Chichibu Main Line

* Hanyū
* Nishi-Hanyū
* Shingō
* Bushū-Araki
* Higashi-Gyōda
* Gyōdashi
* Mochida
* Socio Distribution Center
* Kumagaya
* Kami-Kumagaya
* Ishiwara
* Hirose-Yachō-no-Mori
* Ōasō
* Aketo
* Takekawa
* Nagata
* Fukaya Hanazono
* Omaeda
* Sakurazawa
* Yorii
* Hagure
* Higuchi
* Nogami
* Nagatoro
* Kami-Nagatoro
* Oyahana
* Minano
* Wadō-Kuroya
* Ōnohara
* Chichibu
* Ohanabatake
* Kagemori
* Urayamaguchi
* Bushū-Nakagawa
* Bushū-Hino
* Shiroku
* Mitsumineguchi

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