is a junction 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

Hidaka, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,294 in 24,328 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hidaka is located in south-centr ...

, Japan, operated by the

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

Komagawa Station is served by the

Hachikō Line The Hachikō Line is a 92.0 km (57.2 mi) regional railway line owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located within Tokyo, Saitama, and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. It connects Hachiōji Station in Hachiō ...

for and , and the

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line ( ja, 川越線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are , ...

for . The station is located 31.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Hachikō Line at Hachiōji and 30.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Kawagoe Line at . The Hachikō Line is divided here into the electrified southern section to Hachiōji and the non-electrified northern section to . Many Kawagoe Line trains from Kawagoe continue to Hachiōji. The station is also served by trains to and from via the Chūō Line in the morning and evening peak periods.JR Timetable, December 2010 issue. p. 558-559

Station layout

The station consists of one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and an

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 three tracks. Storage tracks are located on the east side of the station. The station 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. File:Komagawa Station platform 1 north 20121121.JPG, View from the south end of platform 1 in November 2012 File:Komagawa Station platform 1 south 20121121.JPG, The north end of platform 1, showing the new footbridge connecting the platforms in November 2012 File:JR East Komagawa Station Gate and Ticket Counter.jpg, Automatic ticket gate, February 2023

Platforms

History

The station opened on 15 April 1933. With the

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The Kawagoe Line from Kawagoe was electrified on 30 September 1985. The southern section of the Hachikō Line to and from Hachiōji was electrified on 16 March 1996, with through services commencing between Hachiōji and Kawagoe.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4483 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Koma Shrine *

Josai University is a private university in Sakado, Saitama, Japan, established in 1965. The predecessor of the school, Jōsai Gakuen Middle School, later Jōsai High School, was founded in 1918. The university is operated by the Josai University Educational Corp ...

*Hidaka City Hall *Hidaka Post Office

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Kawagoe Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Stations of East Japan Railway Company Hachikō Line Kawagoe Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1933 Hidaka, Saitama