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Kawaguchi Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Connections
  
Bus terminal

Passengers (FY2013)
  
80,410 daily

Line(s)
  
■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line

Opened
  
1910

Kawaguchi Station

Location
  
3 Sakae-chō, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama-ken (埼玉県川口市栄町3丁目) Japan

Kawaguchi Station (川口駅, Kawaguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Keihin-Tōhoku Line in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Kawaguchi Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Isogo in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is located 14.5 kilometers from Ōmiya and 15.8 kilometers from Tokyo.

Station layout

The station has one island platform, serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and also a View Plaza travel agency.

History

The station opened on 10 September 1910.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 80,410 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 55th-busiest station operated by JR East. The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

East side

  • Kawaguchi City Office
  • Kawaguchi Shrine
  • Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center
  • Kawaguchi Motogō Station (Saitama Rapid Railway Line)
  • Kawaguchi High School
  • Kawaguchi Municipal Kawaguchi Sogo High School
  • Ario Kawaguchi shopping centre
  • Atlia municipal art gallery
  • West side

  • Kawaguchi Nishi Park
  • Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital
  • References

    Kawaguchi Station Wikipedia