Higashi-Moro Station
Lines
Higashi-Moro Station is served by the Tōbu Ogose Line, a 10.9 km single-track branchline running from Sakado to Ogose, and is situated 8.6 km from Sakado. During the daytime, the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction.
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. The station entrance is on the south side of the station, connected to the platforms by a footbridge at the east (Sakado) end of the platform. A footbridge served by lifts opened at the west (Ogose) end of the platform in 2009.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Tōbu Ogose Line | for Ogose |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Ogose Line | for Sakado |
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View of the platforms looking west in March 2013 -
The passenger lift at the Ogose end of the platform in March 2013
History
The station opened on 16 December 1934.
Platform edge sensors and TV monitors were installed in 2008 ahead of the start of driver-only operation on the Ogose Line from June 2008.
From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tōbu Ogose Line, with Higashi-Moro Station becoming "TJ-45".
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,637 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
- Moro Station (Hachikō Line) (approximately 15 minutes' walk away)
- Saitama Medical School Moroyama Campus
Bus services
Higashi-Moro Station is served by local Kawagoe Motor Corporation (KKJ) bus services from a bus stop in front of the station. It is also served by the "Moro Bus" community minibus (Yabusame Green Line and Yuzu Yellow Line) service.
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A KKJ bus at the bus stop in front of Higashi-Moro Station in March 2013 -
A "Moro Bus" minibus near Higashi-Moro Station in August 2014
See also
References
- ^ 東毛呂駅 [Higashi-Moro Station] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
- ^ 「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.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ もろバス時刻表 やぶさめ号 [Moro Bus Timetable - Yabusame] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Moroyama. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ もろバス時刻表 ゆず号 [Moro Bus Timetable - Yuzu] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Moroyama. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
External links
Media related to Higashi-Moro Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)