Matoba Station

      Matoba Station
      的場駅
      Matoba-Station.jpg
      Station entrance, February 2010
      Location
      Prefecture Saitama
      (See other stations in Saitama)
      City Kawagoe
      Neighborhood etc. Matoba
      (in Japanese) 埼玉県川越市的場
      History
      Year opened 1940
      Rail services
      Operator(s) JR East
      Line(s) Kawagoe Line
      Statistics 2,894 passengers/day (FY2011)
      Aiga bus inv.svg There is a bus stop near this station

      Matoba Station (的場駅 Matoba-eki?) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

      Lines

      Matoba Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 4.8 km from Kawagoe.[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.[3]

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      Station layout

      View of the platforms looking east, January 2009

      The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. Many trains cross here on the otherwise single line.[2]

      Platforms

      1 Kawagoe Line for Komagawa and Hachiōji
      2 Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe
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      Adjacent stations

      « Service »
      Kawagoe Line
      Kasahata Local Nishi-Kawagoe
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      History

      The station opened on 22 July 1940.[1]

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      Passenger statistics

      In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 2,894 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

      The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

      Fiscal year Daily average
      2000 2,848[5]
      2005 2,956[6]
      2010 2,972[7]
      2011 2,894[4]
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      References

      1. ^ a b "各駅情報(的場駅)" [Station Information: Matoba Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012. 
      2. ^ a b Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 29/44. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9. 
      3. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
      4. ^ a b "各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度)" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012. 
      5. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度)" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012. 
      6. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度)" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012. 
      7. ^ "各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度)" [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012. 
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