Okabe Station

Okabe Station (岡部駅, Okabe-eki) is a railway station of Takasaki Line, East Japan Railway Company in the city of Fukaya, Saitama, Japan.

Okabe Station

岡部駅
the entrance of Okabe Station、January 2007
Location2661-3 Oka, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken
埼玉県深谷市岡2661-3
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Takasaki Line
Platforms2 island
History
Opened1909
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)3197

Lines

Okabe Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 50.1 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage.

Platforms
1,2 ■ Takasaki 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 Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line)
3,4 ■ Takasaki Line for Honjō, Takasaki, and Maebashi
  • Platforms 2 and 4 serve as side tracks for terminating trains.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Takasaki Line
Fukaya   Commuter Rapid   Honjō
Fukaya   Rapid Urban   Honjō
Fukaya   Local   Honjō
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Fukaya   Special Rapid   Honjō
Fukaya   Rapid   Honjō

Statistics

The daily average usage for 2014 was 3,197 people[1]

History

The station opened on 16 December 1909. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

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. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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