en Okabe Station

Location
	Okabe Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Okabe Station Okabe Station (Japan)

Okabe Station

岡部駅
Okabe Station; 岡部駅
	the entrance of Okabe Station, September 2010
General information
Location	2661-3 Oka, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken 369-0201; Japan
Coordinates	36°12′21″N 139°14′16″E / 36.2057°N 139.2377°E
Operated by	JR East; JR Freight;
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line
Distance	50.1 km from Ōmiya.
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 December 1909
Passengers
FY2019	3183 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Okabe Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Okabe Station Okabe Station (Japan)

Okabe Station (岡部駅, Okabe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Okabe Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 50.1 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1,2	■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line)
1,2	■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line)
3,4	■ Takasaki Line	for Honjō, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Platforms 2 and 4 serve as side tracks for terminating trains.

History

The station opened on 16 December 1909. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3183 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

former Okabe Town Hall
Okabe Post Office
Saitama Institute of Technology

References

^ 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 Okabe Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Okabe Station

[jreast2019stats-1] 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.

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Okabe Station