Ogose Station

Ogose Station (越生駅, Ogose-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the town of Ogose, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.^[1][2]

TJ47 Ogose Station 越生駅
The station entrance in March 2012
General information
Location	Ogose, Ogose-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama-ken 350-0416 Japan
Coordinates	35.9627°N 139.2994°E / 35.9627; 139.2994
Operated by	JR East Tobu Railway
Line(s)	■ Hachiko Line TJ Tobu Ogose Line
Distance	39.6 km from Hachiōji
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	TJ-47 (Tobu)
History
Opened	15 April 1933
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Myōkaku towards Takasaki Hachikō Line Moro towards Komagawa Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Terminus Ogose Line Bushū-Karasawa TJ46 towards Sakado
Location Ogose Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Ogose Station Ogose Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ogose Station is served by the single-track Hachikō Line between Komagawa and Takasaki, and also forms the terminus of the 10.9 km Tōbu Ogose Line single-track branch from Sakado. The station lies 8.5 km from the starting point of the Hachikō Line at Komagawa.^[3]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms for Tōbu and JR East respectively. The JR East platform serves only one track since the removal of the track on platform 1 in April 2013 to allow construction of a passenger lift. An additional storage track is located on the east side of the Tōbu platform. The station is unattended.

The toilets located on the north end of the Tōbu platform were removed in 2013 when the platform was lengthened as part of the work to add lift access to the platforms.

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  Shared JR East and Tobu entrance, September 2011
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  View of the station from the south before the removal of the platform 1 track on the left, with the Tōbu Ogose Line platforms on the right, April 2011

Platforms

2	■ Hachiko Line	for Ogawamachi, Yorii, and Takasaki for Komagawa
3/4	■ Tōbu Ogose Line	for Kawakado and Sakado

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  View of the JR East platforms looking south, with the former platform 1 on the right, and the Tōbu platforms and former toilet block on the left, February 2012
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  View of the Tōbu Ogose Line platforms 3 and 4, September 2011

History

Ogose Station on the day of its opening in 1933

A Tōbu 7800 series 4-car EMU approaching Ogose Station in April 1977

The JR East station (formerly JNR) opened on 15 April 1933.^[3] The Tōbu station opened on 16 December 1934.^[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tōbu Ogose Line, with Ogose Station becoming "TJ-47".^[5]

In 2013, construction work started to add lift access between the platforms and the station entrance. This entailed lifting the track serving platform 1, removal of the toilet block at the north end of the Tobu platform, and lengthening the Tobu platform by one car length to the north.^[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the JR station was used by an average of 778 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[7]

In fiscal 2019, the Tōbu station was used by an average of 3,666 passengers daily.^[8]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. (JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.)

Fiscal year	JR East	Tobu
2000	973[9]	—
2005	732[10]	—
2010	741[11]	4,221[12]

Surrounding area

• Saitama Prefectural Ogose High School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "Ogose Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
2. "Ogose Station Information" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
3. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 56. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
4. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
5. 「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 22 March 2012.
6. "Question and Answer" (PDF). Ogose Council Newsletter (in Japanese). Ogose, Japan: Ogose Town Council. 1 June 2012. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
8. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
9. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
10. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
11. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
12. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

External links

Media related to Ogose Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ogose Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Ogose Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)