Ogose Station

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Ogose Station
越生駅
File:Ogose Station entrance 20120326.JPG
Station entrance, March 2012
Location Ogose, Ogose, Iruma, Saitama
（埼玉県入間郡越生町越生）
Japan
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Other information
Station code TJ-47 (Tobu)
History
Opened 1933

Ogose Station (越生駅 Ogose-eki?) is a railway station in the town of Ogose, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1][2]

Lines

Ogose Station is served by the single-track Hachikō Line between Komagawa and Takasaki, and also forms the terminus of the 10.9 km Tobu Ogose Line single-track branch from Sakado. The station lies 8.5 km from the starting point of the Hachikō Line at Komagawa.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms for Tobu and JR East respectively. The JR East platform serves only one track since the removal of the track on platform 1 in April 2013 to allow construction of a passenger lift. An additional storage track is located on the east side of the Tobu platform. The station has a JR Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The toilets located on the north end of the Tobu platform were removed in 2013 when the platform was lengthened as part of the work to add lift access to the platforms.

  • Ogose-Sta-Gate.JPG

    Shared JR East and Tobu entrance, September 2011

  • Ogose Station 20110429.jpg

    View of the station from the south before the removal of the platform 1 track on the left, with the Tobu Ogose Line platforms on the right, April 2011

Platforms

2 ■ Hachikō Line for Ogawamachi, Yorii, and Takasaki
for Komagawa
3/4 ■ Tobu Ogose Line for Kawakado and Sakado
  • Ogose Station platforms north end 20120219.JPG

    View of the JR East platforms looking south, with the former platform 1 on the right, and the Tobu platforms and former toilet block on the left, February 2012

  • Ogose-Sta-Tobu-Platform.JPG

    View of the Tobu Ogose Line platforms 3 and 4, September 2011

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hachikō Line
Moro Local Myōkaku
Tobu Ogose Line
Bushū-Karasawa   Local   Terminus

History

File:Ogose Station 19330415.jpg
Ogose Station on the day of its opening in 1933
File:Tobu 7800 Ogose 19770419.jpg
A 7800 series 4-car EMU approaching Ogose Station, April 1977

The JR East station (formerly JNR) opened on 15 April 1933.[3] The Tobu station opened on 16 December 1934.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Ogose Line, with Ogose Station becoming "TJ-47".[5]

In 2013, construction work started to add lift access between the platforms and the station entrance. This entailed lifting the track serving platform 1, removal of the toilet block at the north end of the Tobu platform, and lengthening the Tobu platform by one car length to the north.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the JR East station was used by an average of 700 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[7] In fiscal 2010, the Tobu station was used by an average of 4,221 passengers daily.[8] The passenger figures for the JR East station in previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 973[9]
2005 732[10]
2010 741[11]
2011 685[12]
2012 700[7]

Surrounding area

  • Saitama Prefectural Ogose High School

See also

References

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