Kawama Station

Kawama Station (川間駅, Kawama-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Urban Park Line (Tobu Noda Line) in Noda, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Kawama Station 川間駅
The south entrance to Kawama Station in May 2013
Location	832 Ozaki, Noda-shi, Chiba-ken Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Urban Park Line
Distance	22.9 km from Ōmiya
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	TD-13
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 October 1930
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	17,310 daily
Location
Kawama Station Location within Japan

Lines

Kawama Station is served by the 62.7 km (39.0 mi) Tobu Urban Park Line from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, and lies 22.9 km (14.2 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Nodashi, Kashiwa, and Funabashi
2	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Kasukabe, Iwatsuki, and Ōmiya

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  The north entrance in May 2013
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  The station platform in May 2013

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tobu Urban Park Line
Minami-Sakurai		Express		Nanakōdai
Minami-Sakurai		Local		Nanakōdai

History

Kawama Station opened on October 1, 1930.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Noda Line, with Kiwama Station becoming "TD-13".[2]

From 1 April 2014, the Tobu Noda Line was rebranded the Tobu Urban Park Line (東武アーバンパークライン).[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 17,310 passengers daily.[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2010	18,247[5]
2011	18,058[6]
2012	18,067[7]
2013	17,982[8]
2014	17,322[9]
2015	17,310[4]

Surrounding area

• Kiwama Post Office

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  The station forecourt on the north side in March 2007
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  The south side of the station in March 2007

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 「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 7 May 2013.
3. ２０１４年４月１日（火）より東武野田線に路線愛称名「東武アーバンパークライン」を導入します！ [Tobu Noda Line to be nicknamed "Tobu Urban Park Line" from 1 April 2014] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
4. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
7. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
8. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
9. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)