Sakado Station (Saitama)

TJ26
Sakado Station

坂戸駅
The north entrance in November 2011
General information
Location1-1 Hinode-chō, Sakado-shi, Saitama-ken 350-0225
Japan
Coordinates35°57′26″N 139°23′38″E / 35.9572°N 139.3940°E / 35.9572; 139.3940
Operated by Tōbu Railway
Line(s)
Distance40.6 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Station codeTJ-26  
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened27 October 1916 (1916-10-27)
Rebuilt2011
Previous namesSakado-machi (until 1976)
Passengers
FY201929,107 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Higashi-Matsuyama
TJ29
towards Ogawamachi
 TJ Liner Kawagoe
TJ21
towards Ikebukuro
Kawagoeshi
One-way operation
Kawagoe Kawagoeshi
TJ22
towards Ikebukuro
Kita-Sakado
TJ27
towards Ogawamachi
 F Liner Wakaba
TJ25
towards Motomachi-Chūkagai
Tojo Line
Rapid Express
Express
Semi Express
Local
 Wakaba
TJ25
towards Ikebukuro
Ippommatsu
TJ41
towards Ogose
 Ogose Line Terminus
Location
Sakado Station is located in Saitama Prefecture
Sakado Station
Sakado Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Sakado Station is located in Japan
Sakado Station
Sakado Station
Sakado Station (Japan)

Sakado Station (坂戸駅, Sakado-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.[1]

Lines

Sakado Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Located between Wakaba and Kita-Sakado, it is 40.6 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] It also forms the starting point of the Tobu Ogose Line branchline to Ogose.

Services

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 on the Tojo Line, and by four trains per hour to Ogose on the Ogose Line.[3]

Station layout

The south entrance with escalators and lift, January 2012
The elevated station concourse, April 2011

The station consists of two sets of island platforms numbered from south to north. From 2010, a new elevated station building provided a central set of ticket gates, replacing the previous exits on the north and south sides.

This station has a season ticket sales office.[3]

A siding on the north side of the station is used for storing track maintenance machines. A stabling track for Ogose Line trains lies to the east of the station, next to the permanent way depot.[4] This was created in 2008.

Platforms

1/2 TJ Tobu Ogose Line for Ogose
3 TJ Tōbu Tōjō Line for Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
4 TJ Tōbu Tōjō Line for Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro
Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
 TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Hiyoshi and Yokohama
 SH Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line for Shin-Yokohama
  via Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line for Shōnandai
  Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

The Ogose Line platforms (1 and 2) are 4 cars long, and the Tojo Line platforms (3 and 4) are 10 cars long.

View of the station building and Ogose Line platforms 1/2, from platforms 3/4, April 2011

History

The station first opened on 27 October 1916, named Sakado-machi Station (坂戸町駅), coinciding with the extension of the Tojo Railway from Kawagoe. At the time of opening, the journey time from Ikebukuro was approximately 1 hour 40 minutes (compared to 45 minutes by express in 2008).[5] The Ogose Line was opened from Sakado Station on 17 February 1932, initially as a freight line as far as Morido (森戸). The Ogose Line was extended from Morido to Ogose on 16 December 1934, from which date passenger service commenced.[2]

From the 1920s, a track continued due westward to the Komagawa River for transporting gravel. This operated until the 1960s. The track maintenance storage track stub to the west of the station, between the Tojo Line and Ogose Line tracks is the truncated remainder of this former line.[6]

The station was renamed Sakado on 1 September 1976 when Sakado became a city.[5] In 1986, the locomotive depot at the east end of the station was closed, although the sheds remain to this day, used as a track maintenance depot.

  • A class ED5010 electric locomotive and Ogose Line 7800 series EMU at Sakado Station, April 1977
    A class ED5010 electric locomotive and Ogose Line 7800 series EMU at Sakado Station, April 1977
  • View of the station from the storage line stub formerly a gravel line to the Komagawa River, February 2011
    View of the station from the storage line stub formerly a gravel line to the Komagawa River, February 2011
  • The Ogose Line storage siding and track maintenance depot to the east of the station, June 2008
    The Ogose Line storage siding and track maintenance depot to the east of the station, June 2008

Mirrors and platform edge sensors were added to the Ogose Line platforms in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation from June 2008.

Work started in 2009 to rebuild the station with an elevated concourse providing a link between the north and south sides of the station. Rebuilding was completed in April 2011.

  • The south entrance in February 2009 before rebuilding
    The south entrance in February 2009 before rebuilding
  • The north entrance in August 2009 before rebuilding
    The north entrance in August 2009 before rebuilding
  • The main station footbridge in February 2009 before demolition and rebuilding
    The main station footbridge in February 2009 before demolition and rebuilding
  • The platforms in September 2008
    The platforms in September 2008
  • The toilets and ticket barriers on the south side in February 2009 before rebuilding
    The toilets and ticket barriers on the south side in February 2009 before rebuilding
  • The station toilets on the north side in February 2009 before rebuilding
    The station toilets on the north side in February 2009 before rebuilding
  • The former Bunmeido Castella shop on the north side of the station in February 2009 before rebuilding
    The former Bunmeido Castella shop on the north side of the station in February 2009 before rebuilding

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tōbu Tōjō Line, with Sakado Station becoming "TJ-26".[7]

Through running to and from Shin-Yokohama and Shōnandai via the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line, Sōtetsu Main Line, and Sōtetsu Izumino Line commenced on 18 March 2023.[8][9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 29,107 passengers daily.[10] 

Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year Daily average
1950 2,485[11]
1960 4,825[11]
1970 8,440[11]
1980 11,909[11]
1990 15,552[11]
2000 25,374[11]
2005 26,860[12]
2010 26,775[13]
2015 28,472[14]

Surrounding area

Nishi-iruma Police Station, August 2013
  • Sakado City Office
  • Nishi-Iruma Police Station
  • Sakado Central Library

Education

Hotels

  • Sakado Hotel
  • Hotel Sun Road
  • Sakado Grand Hotel

Bus services

The north side of the station is served by the "Sakacchi Bus" (Ōya Line) and "Sakacchi Wagon" (Nissai Line) community minibus services operated by the city of Sakado.[15] The south side is served by the "Sakacchi Bus" (Tsurumai Line) and "Sakacchi Wagon" (Shigaichi Line) community minibus services.[15]

The following long-distance express bus services operate from the south side of the station.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sakado Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ a b Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
  4. ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１１巻　埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 64–68. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  5. ^ a b Yamamoto, Tomoyuki (October 2008). 東武東上線の神話時代（１）. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 48, no. 570. pp. 126–131.
  6. ^ Kuma, H. (March 2008). 坂戸の砂利線 [Sakado Gravel Line]. Rail & Bikes (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  7. ^ 「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. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  8. ^ "2023年3月18日（土）ダイヤ改正に係る各列車の時刻変更について" [March 18, 2023 (Saturday) Timetable change for each train due to timetable revision]. Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023. 羽沢横浜国大～新横浜～日吉駅間の開業に合わせ、東上線から日吉駅・新横浜駅を経由して海老名駅・湘南台駅までの直通運転を開始します。 [In conjunction with the opening of the Hazawa yokohama-kokudai - Shin-Yokohama - Hiyoshi line, we will start direct operation from the Tojo Line to Ebina Station and Shonandai Station via Hiyoshi Station and Shin-Yokohama Station.]
  9. ^ Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2023
  10. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f 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). 63 (880). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 18.
  12. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  13. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  14. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  15. ^ a b さかっちバス・さかっちワゴン時刻表 [Sakacchi Bus & Sakacchi Wagon Timetable] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: City of Sakado. 1 November 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  16. ^ 坂戸駅南口・川越駅西口－成田空港　直行バス [Sakado/Kawagoe - Narita Airport Direct Bus]. Tobu Bus Online (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Bus Co., Ltd. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  17. ^ 籠原駅・熊谷・森林公園駅・坂戸駅⇔羽田空港 [Kagohara/Kumagaya/Shinrinkoen/Sakado - Haneda Airport]. Airport Limousine (in Japanese). Japan: Airport Transport Service Co., Ltd. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  18. ^ 大阪・京都←→川越・坂戸・熊谷（ウイングライナー） [Osaka/Kyoto - Kawagoe/Sakado/Kumagaya] (in Japanese). Japan: Kintetsu Bus Co., Ltd. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

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