Opened 1885 | Address Japan | |
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Location Kuki-chuo 2-chome, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken（埼玉県久喜市久喜中央二丁目）Japan Similar Higashi‑Washinomiya Station, Tōbu‑Dōbutsu‑Kōen Station, Shin‑Shiraoka Station, Isesaki Station, Kurihashi Station | ||
Kuki Station (久喜駅, Kuki-eki) is a railway station in Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.
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Lines
Kuki Station is served by the Tobu 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 Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and is 48.9 km from the starting pint of that line at Tokyo Station.
JR Station
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.
Tobu Station
The Tobu Station consists of two island platform serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
History
The JR East Tohoku Line (Utsunomiya Line) station opened on 16 July 1885. The Tobu station opened on 27 August 1899. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kuki Station becoming "TI-02".
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 50,635 passengers daily. The JR portion of the station was used by 35,862 passengers.