Sakado Station (Saitama)

Sakado Station (坂戸駅, Sakado-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

TJ26
Sakado Station

坂戸駅
The north entrance in November 2011
Location1-1 Hinode-chō, Sakado-shi, Saitama-ken 350-0225
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s)
Distance40.6 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Station codeTJ-26  
Websitewww.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7404.html
History
Opened27 October 1916 (1916-10-27)
Rebuilt2011
Previous namesSakado-machi (until 1976)
Passengers
FY201427,755 daily
Location
Sakado Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Sakado Station
Sakado Station (Japan)

Lines

Sakado Station is served by the Tobu Tojo 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 ■ Tobu Ogose Line for Ogose
3 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
4 ■ Tobu Tojo Line for Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro
Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
TY Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
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

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Tobu Tojo Line
Kawagoeshi (evening down services)
Kawagoe (morning up services)		   TJ Liner   Higashi-Matsuyama
Kawagoeshi   Kawagoe express   Higashi-Matsuyama
Kawagoeshi   Rapid Express   Higashi-Matsuyama
Wakaba   Rapid   Higashi-Matsuyama
Wakaba   Express / F Liner   Kita-Sakado
Wakaba   Semi express   Kita-Sakado
Wakaba   Local   Kita-Sakado
Tobu Ogose Line
Terminus   Local   Ippommatsu

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
  • 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

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 north entrance in August 2009 before rebuilding
  • The main station footbridge in February 2009 before demolition and rebuilding
  • The platforms in September 2008
  • 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 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 Tobu Tojo Line, with Sakado Station becoming "TJ-26".[7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 27,755 passengers daily.[8] Passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
19502,485[9]
19604,825[9]
19708,440[9]
198011,909[9]
199015,552[9]
200025,374[9]
201026,775[10]
201126,409[11]
201227,225[12]
201327,921[13]
201427,755[8]

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.[14] The south side is served by the "Sakacchi Bus" (Tsurumai Line) and "Sakacchi Wagon" (Shigaichi Line) community minibus services.[14]

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. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. 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. 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. 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. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  9. 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). Japan: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. 63 (880): 18.
  10. 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 13 June 2015.
  11. 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 13 June 2015.
  12. 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 13 June 2015.
  13. 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 13 June 2015.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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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