Kagemori Station

Kagemori Station (影森駅, Kagemori-eki) is a railway station on the Chichibu Main Line in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, operated by the Chichibu Railway.

Kagemori Station

影森駅
Kagemori Station, March 2006
Location71-4 Kami-kagemori, Chichibu, Saitama
（秩父市上影森71-4）
Japan
Operated byChichibu Railway
Line(s)Chichibu Main Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1917
Traffic
Passengers (FY2000)602 daily

Lines

Kagemori Station is served by the Chichibu Main Line from Hanyū to Mitsumineguchi, and is located 62.4 km from Hanyū.[1] It is also served by through services to and from the Seibu Chichibu Line.[2]

Inside the station, 2019

Station layout

The station is staffed and consists of a single island platforms serving two bidirectional tracks. Storage tracks alongside platform 1 are used to stable rolling stock and also for freight trains arriving and departing on the private spur line to the Chichibu Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Minowa Mine approximately 1 km south of the station.[2]

Platforms
1 ■ Chichibu Main Line for Mitsumineguchi
2 ■ Chichibu Main Line for Chichibu, Yorii, Kumagaya, and Hanyū
■ Seibu Chichibu Line for Seibu-Chichibu, Hannō, and Ikebukuro

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Chichibu Main Line
Ohanabatake Chichibuji Mitsumineguchi
Ohanabatake Local Urayamaguchi
Paleo Express: Does not stop at this station
Seibu Chichibu Line
Seibu-Chichibu Urayamaguchi

History

Kagemori Station opened on 27 September 1917.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2000, the station was used by an average of 602 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area
  • Arakawa River
  • National Route 140
  • Chichibu Kagemori Junior High School
  • Chichibu Taiheiyo Cement Corporation Minowa Mine

References
  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (January 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１０巻　上越・秩父エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 10 Joetsu & Chichibu Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 28/87. ISBN 978-4-06-270070-2.

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