Wakōshi Station 和光市駅
Wakōshi Station platforms
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Wakō
History
Year opened	1934
Former name	Niikura Station
Present name since	1970
Rail services
Station number(s)	Y-01, F-01
Operator(s)	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Tōjō Line Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Statistics	128,306[1] passengers/day

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 Saitama Prefecture.

Contents 1 Lines 2 Station layout 3 Service patterns 4 History 5 Adjacent stations 6 Surroundings 7 References

[edit] Lines

• Tōbu Railway
  • Tōjō 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 Line	Shiki ・ Kawagoe ・ Higashi-Matsuyama ・ Ogawamachi (from Ikebukuro on the Tōjō Line)
2	■Tōjō Line	Shiki ・ Kawagoe ・ Shinrinkōen (from the Yūrakuchō Line & the Fukutoshin Line)
	○Yūrakuchō Line	(Terminus)
	○Fukutoshin Line
3	○Yūrakuchō Line	Kotake-mukaihara ・ Ikebukuro ・ Iidabashi ・ Nagatachō ・ Yūrakuchō ・ Shin-Kiba
	○Fukutoshin Line	Kotake-mukaihara ・ Ikebukuro ・ Shinjuku-sanchōme ・ Shibuya
4	■Tōjō Line	Narimasu ・ Kami-Itabashi ・ Ikebukuro

[edit] Service patterns

Trains run 0500-0100 weekdays and 0500-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

• 12 trains to Ikebukuro via Tōbu, of which:
  • 8 call at Narimasu only (Expresses and Semi-Expresses)
  • 4 are Local
• 6 trains to Shin-Kiba on the Yūrakuchō Line, of which:
  • 2 are Semi-Expresses (Kotake-Mukaihara, Ikebukuro, then all stations)
  • 4 are Local
• 8 trains to Shibuya on the Fukutoshin Line, of which:
  • 2 are Expresses (Kotake-Mukaihara, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku-Sanchōme, Shibuya)
  • 6 are Local

• 5 Expresses to Shinrin-kōen (Asakadai, Shiki, Fujimino, Kawagoe, then all stations), of which:
  • 3 continue to Ogawamachi
• 13 Locals to Shiki, of which:
  • 7 continue to Kawagoeshi

[edit] History

• February 1, 1934: Opens as Niikura Station (にいくら駅^?) on the Tōbu Tōjō Line.^[1]
• July 21, 1934: Station name changed to kanji (新倉駅).^[1]
• October 1, 1951: Renamed Yamato-machi Station (大和町駅^?).^[1]
• December 20, 1970: Renamed Wakōshi Station.
• August 25, 1987: Yūrakuchō Line opens.
• June 14, 2008: Fukutoshin Line opens.

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tōbu Tōjō Line
Ikebukuro		Rapid Express		Shiki
Narimasu		Express		Asakadai
Narimasu		Commuter Express		Shiki
Narimasu		Semi Express		Asaka
Narimasu		Local		Asaka
Chikatetsu-narimasu (Local)		Yūrakuchō Line through trains		Asaka
Chikatetsu-narimasu (Local, Commuter Express) Kotake-Mukaihara (Express)		Fukutoshin Line through trains		Asaka
Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Y-01)
Chikatetsu-narimasu (Y-02)		Local	Asaka (Tōbu Tōjō Line)
Kotake-Mukaihara (Y-06)		Semi Express	Terminus
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (F-01)
Chikatetsu-narimasu (F-02)		Local	Asaka (Tōbu Tōjō Line)
Chikatetsu-narimasu (F-02)		Commuter Express	Asaka (Tōbu Tōjō Line)
Kotake-Mukaihara (F-06)		Express	Asaka (Tōbu Tōjō Line)

[edit] Surroundings

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

[edit] References

v • d • e Stations of the Tōbu Tōjō Line Ikebukuro - Kita-Ikebukuro - Shimo-Itabashi - Ōyama - Naka-Itabashi - Tokiwadai - Kami-Itabashi - Tōbu-Nerima - Shimo-Akatsuka - Narimasu - (Towards Shin-Kiba / Shibuya<<) 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 Stations of the Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line (Tōbu Tōjō 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

v • d • e Stations of the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (<< 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

Coordinates: 35°47′18″N 139°36′46″E / 35.788407°N 139.612885°E / 35.788407; 139.612885