Fukaya Station (深谷駅, Fukaya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Fukaya Station 深谷駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() North entrance to Fukaya Station, August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Kashiwaza 3-1-8 Nishijima-cho, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken 366-0824 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.1913°N 139.2813°E / 36.1913; 139.2813 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Takasaki Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 21 October 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 10,013 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Fukaya Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture![]() ![]() Fukaya Station Fukaya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Fukaya Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is 45.8 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.
The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
1 | ■ 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) | |
2,3 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Honjō, Takasaki, and Maebashi |
The station opened on 21 October 1883. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987. A new station building modeled after Tokyo Station was completed in August 1996, with its brick built by Japan Brick Company. Bricks used in the Marunouchi side of the Tokyo Station building are produced by this company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,013 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Media related to Fukaya Station at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Takasaki Line | ||
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Stations of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | ||
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Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line |
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Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line |
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