Kuki Station (Saitama)
Kuki Station (久喜駅, Kuki-eki) is a railway station in Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
Kuki Station 久喜駅 | |
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 Kuki Station east entrance in February 2007 | |
| Location | Kuki-chuo 2-chome, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan |
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  Kuki Station Location within Japan | |
Lines
Kuki Station is served by the Tobu Isesaki Line, and is 47.7 km from the starting point of the Isesaki Line at Asakusa. It is also a station on the JR East Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 48.9 km from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
JR East
Kuki Station 久喜駅 | |
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| JR East station | |
 Kuki Station platforms in July 2008 | |
| Location | 2-1-1 Kuki-chuo, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan |
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| Line(s) | JU Utsunomiya Line |
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) | 35,863 daily |
The JR East portion of the station has one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a “Midori no Madoguchi” staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1, 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
Tobu
Kuki Station 久喜駅 | |
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| Tobu station | |
 Tobu Kuki Station platform in August 2008 | |
| Location | 2-1-1 Kuki-chuo, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan |
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| Line(s) | TI Tobu Isesaki Line |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Station code | TN-02 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) | 50,635 |
The Tobu Station consists of two island platform serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi |
| 2 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi |
| ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa (Sectional Semi-Express during daytime only) | |
| 3/4 | ■ Tobu Isesaki Line | for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Utsunomiya Line | ||||
| Limited Express Nikko / Spacia: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Ōmiya OMYJU07 |
Commuter Rapid | Koga | ||
| Hasuda | Rapid Rabbit | Koga | ||
| Shin-Shiraoka | Local & Rapid Acty | Higashi-Washinomiya | ||
| Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | ||||
| Hasuda | Rapid | Koga | ||
| Shin-Shiraoka | Local | Higashi-Washinomiya | ||
| Tobu Isesaki Line (TI-02) | ||||
| Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (TS-30) | Limited Express Ryōmō | Kazo (TI-05) | ||
| Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (TS-30) | Limited Express Revaty Ryōmō | Kazo (TI-05) | ||
| Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (TS-30) | TH Liner | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Express | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Express | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Semi Express | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Semi-Express | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Section Semi-Express (Services from Asakusa) | Terminus | ||
| Wado (TI-01) | Local | Washinomiya (TI-03) | ||
History
The JR East Tohoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tobu station opened on 27 August 1899.[1] From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kuki Station becoming "TI-02".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 50,635 passengers daily.[3] The JR portion of the station was used by 35,862 passengers.[4]
See also
References
- Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- 「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（乗車員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- JR東日本 各駅の乗車人員（2014年度 [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: JR East. 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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