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is a passenger

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located in the city of

Kawagoe, Saitama is a Cities of Japan, city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 353,214 in 162,210 households and a population density of 3200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is known locally as after ...

, Japan, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Matoba Station is served by the

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line () is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are , , and . Servic ...

between and , and is located 4.8 km from Kawagoe. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from on the

Hachikō Line The is a 92.0 km (57.2 mi) regional railway line owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located within Tokyo, Saitama, and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. It connects Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo w ...

.JR Timetable, December 2010 issue

Station layout

The station consists of an

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serving two tracks. Many trains cross here on the otherwise single line. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3021 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

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* Kasumigaseki Station (

Tōbu Tōjō Line The is a suburban railway line in Japan which runs from Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, Tokyo to Yorii Station in Yorii, Saitama, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway. Its official name is the , but it is referred to as on T ...

) Matoba Station is approximately a 10-minute walk from the Kawagoe-Matoba Bus Stop on the

Kan-Etsu Expressway The is a national expressways of Japan, expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company. Naming is the ''kanji'' acronym of and the old comprising modern-day Niigata Prefecture. Officially, the Kan-Etsu consist ...

, which is served by long-distance bus services operated by Seibu Bus to destinations including Niigata, Toyama, Nagano, Karuizawa, and Kanazawa.

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Kawagoe Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Kawagoe Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Kawagoe, Saitama Railway stations in Japan opened in 1940