Kumagaya Station

Kumagaya Station (熊谷駅, Kumagaya-eki^?) is a railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Chichibu Railway

1 Lines
2 Station layout
- 2.1 Platforms
3 Adjacent stations
4 History
5 Passenger statistics
6 Surrounding area
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Lines

Kumagaya Station is served by the JR East Jōetsu Shinkansen and Nagano Shinkansen high-speed shinkansen lines from Tokyo, the Takasaki Line to Takasaki, and also 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

Platforms

1	■Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya and Ueno
1	■Shonan Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara
2	■Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya and Ueno
2	■Shonan Shinjuku Line	for Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara
3	■Takasaki Line	for Honjō and Takasaki
4	■Takasaki Line	for Honjō and Takasaki
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, Tokyo, and Ueno
13	■Jōetsu Shinkansen	for Takasaki, Nagaoka, and Niigata
13	■Nagano Shinkansen	for Takasaki, Karuizawa, and Nagano

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Jōetsu Shinkansen Nagano Shinkansen
Ōmiya	-	Honjō-Waseda
Takasaki Line
Gyōda	Local	Kagohara
Kōnosu	Takasaki Line: Urban Rapid, Commuter Rapid (select) Shonan-Shinjuku Line Special Rapid	Kagohara
Chichibu Main Line
Terminus	Paleo Express	Takekawa
Terminus	Chichibuji	Takekawa
Mochida	Local	Kami-Kumagaya

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 30,715 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

Kumagaya City Office
Kumagaya General Hospital
National Route 17

References

External links

Kumagaya Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (Japanese)
JR East Kumagaya Station information (Japanese)
Chichibu Railway Kumagaya Station timetable (Japanese)

v]] t]] e] Stations of the Jōetsu Shinkansen

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

v]] t]] e] Stations of the Nagano Shinkansen (Hokuriku Shinkansen)

(Tokyo Ueno Ōmiya Kumagaya Honjō-Waseda) Takasaki Annaka-Haruna Karuizawa Sakudaira Ueda Nagano

Under Construction (opening March 2015): Nagano Iiyama Jōetsumyōkō Itoigawa Kurobe-Unazukionsen Toyama Shin-Takaoka Kanazawa

Planned: Kanazawa Komatsu Kagaonsen Awaraonsen Fukui Nan'etsu Tsuruga

v]] t]] e] 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 - Takasaki-Ton-yamachi) - 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-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

v]] t]] e] Chichibu Railway Chichibu Main Line

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

Coordinates: 36°08′24″N 139°23′24″E / 36.140°N 139.390°E / 36.140; 139.390

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Kumagaya Station