Sōka Station
35°49′43″N 139°48′15″E / 35.8286°N 139.8041°E / 35.8286; 139.8041
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Nishiarai TS13 towards Oshiage | Skytree Line Express | Shin-Koshigaya TS20 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen | ||
Nishiarai TS13 towards Asakusa | Skytree Line Section Express | |||
Nishiarai TS13 towards Oshiage | Skytree Line Semi Express | |||
Nishiarai TS13 towards Asakusa | Skytree Line Section Semi Express | |||
Yatsuka TS15 towards Asakusa | Skytree Line Local | Dokkyodaigakumae TS17 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen |
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![]() ![]() Sōka Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture![]() ![]() Sōka Station Sōka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
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Sōka Station (草加駅, Sōka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Sōka, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. It is one stop away from the border between Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.
Line
Sōka Station is served by the Tōbu Skytree Line, and is 17.5 kilometers from the Tokyo terminus of the line at Asakusa Station.[1]
Station layout
The station has two elevated island platforms with four tracks abutting the platforms, going in opposite directions. The station building is located underneath the platforms. Tracks one and six are used by non-stop trains and are not served by platforms, so the platform numbering starts with platform 2. Local trains use tracks 3 and 4 in their respective drections, whereas Express and Semi-Express trains use tracks 2 and 5.
Platforms
2 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa![]() ![]() |
3 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Senju, Hikifune, and Asakusa![]() |
4 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kita-Koshigaya, Kasukabe, and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen![]() |
5 | TS Tōbu Skytree Line | for Kasukabe and Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen![]() ![]() |
- The west entrance in September 2012
- The ticket barriers in March 2009
History
The station opened on 27 August 1899.[1] It was rebuilt as an elevated station, completed on 9 August 1988.[1]
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Sōka Station becoming "TS-16".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 88,682 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
- Sōka City Hall
- Sōka Post Office
See also
References
- ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「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. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
Media related to Sōka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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- Asakusa
- Tokyo Skytree
- (through to Shibuya, Nagatsuta, and Chūō-rinkan via the Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line and Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line<<)
- (Oshiage)
- Hikifune
- Higashi-Mukōjima
- Kanegafuchi
- Horikiri
- Ushida
- (through to Naka-meguro via Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line<<) Kita-Senju
- Kosuge
- Gotanno
- Umejima
- Nishiarai
- Takenotsuka
- Yatsuka
- Sōka
- Dokkyodaigakumae
- Shinden
- Gamō
- Shin-Koshigaya
- Koshigaya
- Kita-Koshigaya
- Ōbukuro
- Sengendai
- Takesato
- Ichinowari
- Kasukabe
- Kita-Kasukabe
- Himemiya
- Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen (>>through to Tōbu-Nikkō via the Tōbu Nikkō Line, through to Isesaki via the Tobu Isesaki Line)