Gamō Station (蒲生駅, Gamō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
TS19 Gamō Station 蒲生駅 | |||||||||||
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 Gamō Station East Exit in October 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Gamōkotobuki-cho, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken 343-0836 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°52′01″N 139°47′29″E / 35.8669°N 139.7914°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | _symbol.svg){kind=small} Tōbu Skytree Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 21.9 km from Asakusa. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | TS-19 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 December 1899 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 17,476 daily | ||||||||||
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Line
editThe station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line (Tōbu Isesaki Line), and is 21.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Asakusa Station.
Station layout
editThe station has one elevated island platform with two tracks. The station building is located underneath the platforms. There are two additional tracks for express trains to bypass this station.
Platforms
edit| 1 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-meguro
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| 2 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen_symbol.svg){kind=small} Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi
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History
editGamō Station opened on 20 December 1899.[1] The station was relocated 1.2 kilometers south to its present location on 25 December 1908. A new station building was completed in 1998. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Gamō Station becoming "TS-19".[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 17,476 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Gamō shopping street
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Gamō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Tobu Station information (in Japanese)