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Railway station in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
TI02
Kuki Station
久喜駅
Kuki Station east entrance in February 2007
General information
Location2-1-1 Kuki-chuo, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken
Japan
Coordinates36°3′56.51″N 139°40′38.24″E / 36.0656972°N 139.6772889°E / 36.0656972; 139.6772889
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform (JR East)
2 island platforms (Tobu)
Other information
Station codeTI-02 (Tobu)
History
Opened16 July 1885
Passengers
FY201935,347 (JR East)
51,656 (Tobu)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
HasudaOne-way operation Utsunomiya LineRapid Rabbit Kogatowards Utsunomiya
Shin-Shiraokatowards Tokyo Utsunomiya LineLocal Higashi-Washinomiyatowards Kuroiso
Hasudatowards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku LineRapid Kogatowards Utsunomiya
Shin-Shiraokatowards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku LineLocal Higashi-Washinomiyatowards Utsunomiya
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station
Tōbu-Dōbutsu-KōenTS30towards Asakusa Ryomo KazoTI05towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki
Tōbu-Dōbutsu-KōenTS30towards Ebisu TH Liner Terminus
WadoTI01towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Isesaki LineExpress
Isesaki LineSection Express WashinomiyaTI03towards Tatebayashi
Isesaki LineSemi Express Terminus
Isesaki LineSection Semi Express WashinomiyaTI03towards Tatebayashi
Isesaki LineLocal WashinomiyaTI03towards Isesaki
Location
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Kuki Station (久喜駅, Kuki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Lines

Kuki Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line, and is 47.7 km from the starting point of the Isesaki Line at Asakusa. It is also a station on the JR East Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 48.9 km from the starting point of that line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

JR East

The JR East portion of the station has one ground-level island platform and one ground-level side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a “Midori no Madoguchi” staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso
3 ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line)
■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line)

Tobu

The Tōbu Station consists of two island platform serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi
2 TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Tatebayashi, Ōta, Isesaki, and Akagi
TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa
(Sectional Semi-Express during daytime only)
3/4 TI Tōbu Isesaki Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, Kasukabe, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa
H Hibiya Line for Naka-Meguro
Z Hanzōmon Line for Ōtemachi and Shibuya
DT Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-rinkan

History

The JR East Tōhoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tōbu station opened on 27 August 1899. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kuki Station becoming "TI-02".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 51,656 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The JR portion of the station was used by an average of 35,347 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

See also

References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  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 27 May 2012.
  3. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Kuki Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons

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