Wakōshi Station

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Wakōshi Station 和光市駅
The platforms
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Wakō
History
Year opened	1934
Rail services
Station number(s)	Y-01, F-01
Operator(s)	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Tōjō Main Line Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (June 2008)

Wakōshi Station (和光市駅, Wakōshi-eki^?) is a Tobu Railway and Tokyo Metro station, located in Wakō, Saitama, Japan. Tōbu Railway manages this station.

This station is the only Tokyo Metro station located in the Saitama Prefecture.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Station layout 3 History 4 Adjacent stations 5 Surroundings 6 References

[edit] Lines

• Tōbu Railway
  • Tōjō Main Line
• Tokyo Metro
  • Yūrakuchō Line (Station number Y-01)
  • Fukutoshin Line (Station number F-01)

[edit] Station layout

Two island platforms serving four tracks.

1	■Tōjō Main Line	Shiki ・ Kawagoe ・ Higashi-Matsuyama ・ Ogawamachi
2	■Tōjō Main Line	Shiki ・ Kawagoeshi ・ Saitama
	○Yūrakuchō Line	(Terminus)
3	○Yūrakuchō Line	Kotake-mukaihara ・ Ikebukuro ・ Iidabashi ・ Nagatachō ・ Yūrakuchō ・ Shin-Kiba ・ Shinsen-Ikebukuro
4	■Tōjō Main Line	Narimasu ・ Kami-Itabashi ・ Ikebukuro

[edit] History

• February 1, 1934^[1]: Opens as Niigura Station (新倉駅, -eki^?), a station of Tōbu Railway Tōjō Main Line.
• July 21, 1934: Renamed Niikura Station (新倉駅, -eki^?).
• October 1, 1951: Renamed Yamato-machi Station (大和町, -eki^?).
• December 20, 1970: Renamed Wakōshi Station.
• August 25, 1987: Yūrakuchō Line opens.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tōbu Tōjō Main Line
Ikebukuro		Ltd. Express		Kawagoe
Narimasu		Express		Asakadai
Narimasu		Commuter Express		Shiki
Narimasu		Semi Express		Asaka
Narimasu		Local		Asaka
Tokyo Metro
(Tōbu Tōjō Main Line)		Yūrakuchō Line		Chikatetsu-narimasu

[edit] Surroundings

• RIKEN
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Asaka Base
• Honda technical research institute (along the Kawagoekaido avenue)

[edit] References

v • d • e Tōbu Tōjō Line Ikebukuro - Kita-Ikebukuro - Shimo-Itabashi - Ōyama - Naka-Itabashi - Tokiwadai - Kami-Itabashi - Tōbu-Nerima - Shimo-Akatsuka - Narimasu - (Towards Shin-Kiba<<) Wakōshi - Asaka - Asakadai - Shiki - Yanasegawa - Mizuhodai - Tsuruse - Fujimino - Kami-Fukuoka - Shingashi - Kawagoe - Kawagoeshi - Kasumigaseki - Tsurugashima - Wakaba - Sakado - Kita-Sakado - Takasaka - Higashi-Matsuyama - Shinrinkōen - Tsukinowa - Musashi-ranzan - Ogawamachi - Tōbu-Takezawa - Obusuma - Hachigata - Tamayodo - Yorii

v • d • e Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Tōbu Tōjō Main Line<<) Wakōshi - Chikatetsu-narimasu - Chikatetsu-akatsuka - Heiwadai - Hikawadai - Kotake-mukaihara - Senkawa - Kanamechō - Ikebukuro - Higashi-Ikebukuro - Gokokuji - Edogawabashi - Iidabashi - Ichigaya - Kōjimachi - Nagatachō - Sakuradamon - Yūrakuchō - Ginza-itchōme - Shintomichō - Tsukishima - Toyosu - Tatsumi - Shin-Kiba Yurakucho New Line : Kotake-mukaihara - Shinsen-Ikebukuro

v • d • e Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (In service June 14 2008) (<< Tōbu Tōjō Line) Wakōshi - Chikatetsu-Narimasu - Chikatetsu-Akatsuka - Heiwadai - Hikawadai - (<<Seibu Yūrakuchō Line) Kotake-mukaihara - Senkawa - Kanamechō - Ikebukuro - Zōshigaya - Nishi-Waseda - Higashi-Shinjuku - Shinjuku-sanchōme - Kitasandō - Meiji-Jingūmae - Shibuya