Higashi-Matsuyama Station

Higashi-Matsuyama Station
Higashi-Matsuyama Station; 東松山駅
	The east entrance in November 2011
Location	1-12-11 Yakyū-chō, Higashimatsuyama-shi, Saitama-ken 355-0028; Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Tojo Line
Distance	49.9 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TJ-29
Website	www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7408.html
History
Opened	1 October 1923
Rebuilt	2010
Previous names	Bushū Matsuyama (until 1954)
Traffic
Passengers	29,568 per day (FY2014)
Location
	Higashi-Matsuyama Station Location within Japan

Higashi-Matsuyama Station (東松山駅, Higashimatsuyama-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Higashi-Matsuyama Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Takasaka and Shinrinkōen, it is 49.9 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] All services, (TJ Liner, Rapid express, Rapid, Express, Semi express, Local) stop at this station. During the daytime, the station is served by eight trains per hour in each direction.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building located above the platforms. The platforms were originally island platforms serving four tracks, but the outer tracks were removed following completion of double-tracking beyond to Shinrinkōen.

The west entrance in November 2012
The ticket barriers in November 2008

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Tojo Line	for Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
2	■ Tobu Tojo Line	for Sakado, Kawagoe, and Ikebukuro Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

View from the south end of platform 2 looking northward, February 2012
View from the north end of platform 1 looking southward, December 2015
View of the north end of the platforms showing the 2-car-length platform extensions, February 2012
The passenger lift on platform 1 in December 2015

Adjacent stations

←	Service	→
Tobu Tojo Line
Sakado	TJ Liner	Shinrinkōen
Sakado	Kawagoe express	Shinrinkōen
Sakado	Rapid express	Shinrinkōen
Sakado	Rapid	Shinrinkōen
Takasaka	Express / F Liner	Shinrinkōen
Takasaka	Semi express	Shinrinkōen
Takasaka	Local	Shinrinkōen

History

The west entrance of station in 2004, before rebuilding

The station was first opened on 1 October 1923 as Bushū Matsuyama Station (武州松山駅). The station was renamed Higashi-Matsuyama Station in October 1954 when Higashi-Matsuyama became a city.[1][2] The station building was refurbished between 2008 and 2010 with the addition of lifts on either side.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Higashi-Matsuyama Station becoming "TJ-29".[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 29,568 passengers daily.[5] Passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.[6]

Fiscal year	Daily average
1950	4,046
1960	6,725
1970	11,448
1980	13,391
1990	17,131
2000	13,552
2010	13,650

Surrounding area

Saitama Children's Zoo
Saitama Prefectural Higashimatsuyama Girls' High School
National Route 407

References

"Higashi-Matsuyama Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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. 225. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
「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 21 March 2012.
駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
Sawauchi, Kazuaki (October 2013). 東武鉄道東上線の歴史過程 [History of the Tobu Tojo Line]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 18.

External links

Tobu station information (in Japanese)

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[tobu-1] "Higashi-Matsuyama Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

[terada2013-2] 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. 225. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[timetable2016-3] Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016

[tobu20120209-4] 「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 21 March 2012.

[tobustats2014-5] 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[pictorial880-6] Sawauchi, Kazuaki (October 2013). 東武鉄道東上線の歴史過程 [History of the Tobu Tojo Line]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 18.