TS21
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Koshigaya Station east entrance in September 2012
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| Location | 4-11 Yayoichō, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture 343-0816 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°53′15″N 139°47′11″E / 35.8876°N 139.7863°E / 35.8876; 139.7863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 24.4 km (15.2 mi) from Asakusa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TS-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 17 April 1920; 104 years ago (1920-04-17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 25 March 1997; 27 years ago (1997-03-25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 50,714 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koshigaya Station (越谷駅, Koshigaya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.
The station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line (Tōbu Isesaki Line), and is 24.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Asakusa Station in Tokyo. Through services also operate to and from Naka-Meguro via the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line.
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The station has two elevated island platforms with two tracks each, one for all-stations "Local" services and one for express/rapid services. The station building is located underneath the platforms. There are two additional tracks for non-stopping trains to pass this station.[1]
| 1 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line for Shibuya Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-rinkan
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| 2 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line for Ueno and Naka-meguro
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| 3 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi
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| 4 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kasukabe and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Tobu Isesaki Line for Kuki, Tatebayashi and Ōta Tōbu Nikkō Line for Minami-Kurihashi
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Platforms 2 and 3 are used by all-stations "Local" services.[1] Platforms 1 and 4 are used by "Express" and "Semi-Express" services.
Koshigaya Station opened on 17 April 1920, with the name originally written as "越ヶ谷駅".[2] The kanji characters for the station name were changed to "越谷駅" (with the pronunciation unchanged) on 1 December 1956.[2] The station was rebuilt with elevated platforms in 1997.[2]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Koshigaya Station becoming "TS-21".[3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 50,714 passengers daily.[4]
Media related to Koshigaya Station at Wikimedia Commons
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Stations of the Tobu Skytree Line
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