Nishi-Kawaguchi Station

Nishi-Kawaguchi Station (西川口駅, Nishi-Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JK40
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station

西川口駅
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station
Location2-20-1 Namiki, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県川口市並木二丁目20-1）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Keihin-Tohoku Line
Platforms1 island platform
History
Opened1954
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)53,326

Lines

Nishi-Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and is located 17.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Layout

The station has one island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Nishi-Kawaguchi track layout

 Ōmiya・Utsunomiya・Takasaki

2 1
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Utsunomiya Line
Keihin-Tohoku Line
Warabi, Saitama
Kawaguchi, Saitama
Station building
former connecting track
(for maintenance only)

 Ueno・Tokyo・Shinjuku

Platforms
1 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Ueno, Tokyo, Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Negishi Line for Ōfuna
2 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line for Urawa and Ōmiya

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Keihin-Tohoku Line JK40
Kawaguchi JK39   Rapid   Warabi JK41
Kawaguchi JK39   Local   Warabi JK41

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 53,326 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

History

The station opened on 1 September 1954. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

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See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

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