Fukiage Station platforms Feb 07 2020 12PM

is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Kōnosu, Saitama, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East) .

Lines

Fukiage Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tōkaidō Line. It is 27.3 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at .

Station layout

The station has a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 March 1885. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8,899 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Fukiage Post Office *former Fukiage Town Hall

References

External links

JR East station information
{{ja-linecat, East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1885 Takasaki Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Kōnosu