Kuki Station (Saitama)

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.

TI02 Kuki Station 久喜駅
Kuki Station east entrance in February 2007
General information
Location	2-1-1 Kuki-chuo, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken Japan
Coordinates	36°3′56.51″N 139°40′38.24″E
Operated by	JR East Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line TI Tōbu Isesaki Line
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform (JR East) 2 island platforms (Tobu)
Other information
Station code	TI-02 (Tobu)
History
Opened	16 July 1885
Passengers
FY2019	35,347 (JR East) 51,656 (Tobu)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hasuda One-way operation Utsunomiya Line Rapid Rabbit Koga towards Utsunomiya Shin-Shiraoka towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Higashi-Washinomiya towards Kuroiso Hasuda towards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Koga towards Utsunomiya Shin-Shiraoka towards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Local Higashi-Washinomiya towards Utsunomiya Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TS30 towards Asakusa Ryomo Kazo TI05 towards Kuzū, Akagi or Isesaki Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TS30 towards Ebisu TH Liner Terminus Wado TI01 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Isesaki Line Express Isesaki Line Section Express Washinomiya TI03 towards Tatebayashi Isesaki Line Semi Express Terminus Isesaki Line Section Semi Express Washinomiya TI03 towards Tatebayashi Isesaki Line Local Washinomiya TI03 towards Isesaki
Location Kuki Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Kuki Station Kuki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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.^[1] From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kuki Station becoming "TI-02".^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 51,656 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3].The JR portion of the station was used by an average of 35,347 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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

• Kuki Station information Archived 2019-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu) (in Japanese)
• JR East Station Information (in Japanese)