is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, from in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

to in

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

. It is located 14.5 kilometers from Ōmiya and 15.8 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station has one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

, serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. It has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office and also a View Plaza travel agency.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 10 September 1910.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 84,197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

East side

* Kawaguchi City Office * Kawaguchi Shrine * Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center *

Kawaguchi Motogō Station Kawaguchi may refer to: Places * Kawaguchi, Niigata, a former town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan * Kawaguchi, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan * Kawaguchi Green Center, a city park and botanical garden located in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Jap ...

( Saitama Rapid Railway Line) * * * Ario Kawaguchi shopping centre * Atlia municipal art galleryAtlia official website

West side

* Kawaguchi Nishi Park * Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital

References

External links

JR East Kawaguchi Station
{{Keihin-Tōhoku Line Negishi Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Keihin-Tōhoku Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Kawaguchi, Saitama Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910