Ageo Station

Ageo Station 上尾駅
View of the west entrance to Ageo Station
Location	Kashiwaza 1-1-18, Ageo-shi, Saitama-ken 埼玉県上尾市柏座一丁目1-18 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
History
Opened	1883
Traffic

Passengers (FY2014)	41,168 daily

Ageo Station (上尾駅, Ageo-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Ageo, Saitama, Japan.

Lines

Ageo Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 8.2 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Takasaki Line	for Ōmiya, Urawa, and Ueno Ueno-Tokyo Line (Tokaido Line, Ito Line through service) for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
1, 2	■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Hiratsuka
2, 3	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya, Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Takasaki Line/Ueno-Tokyo Line
Ōmiya	Urban Rapid	Okegawa
Miyahara	Local	Kita-Ageo
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Ageo	Special Rapid	Kitamoto
Kita-Ageo	Rapid	Kitamoto

Statistics

The daily average usage for 2014 was 41,168 people^[1]

History

The station opened on 28 July 1883. On 13 March 1973, when a labor union attempted to protest by causing train delays, thousands of commuters rioted at the station, assaulting station personnel and destroying equipment over a six-hour period. ^[2] The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

Ageo City Hall
Ageo Post Office
Ageo City General Hospital

References

↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
↑ "Railway Rampage, Commuters Riot". Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 13, 1973. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

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JR East Ageo Station

Stations of the Takasaki Line

(Tohoku Main Line(Utsunomiya Line) Ueno>>) Ōmiya Miyahara Ageo Kita-Ageo Okegawa Kitamoto Kōnosu Kita-Kōnosu Fukiage Gyōda Kumagaya Kagohara Fukaya Okabe Honjō Jimbohara Shinmachi Kuragano Takasaki

Stations of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line	(Maebashi Shin-Maebashi Ino Takasakitonyamachi) Takasaki Kuragano Shimmachi Jimbohara Honjō Okabe Fukaya Kagohara Kumagaya Gyōda Fukiage Kita-Kōnosu Kōnosu Kitamoto Okegawa Kita-Ageo Ageo Miyahara Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Musashi-Kosugi Yokohama Totsuka Ōfuna Fujisawa Tsujidō Chigasaki Hiratsuka Ōiso Ninomiya Kōzu Kamonomiya Odawara

Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line	Utsunomiya Suzumenomiya Ishibashi Jichi-idai Koganei Oyama Mamada Nogi Koga Kurihashi Higashi-Washinomiya Kuki Shin-Shiraoka Shiraoka Hasuda Higashi-Ōmiya Toro Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Nishi-Ōi Musashi-Kosugi Shin-Kawasaki Yokohama Hodogaya Higashi-Totsuka Totsuka Ōfuna Kita-Kamakura Kamakura Zushi

Coordinates: 35°58′22″N 139°35′20″E / 35.972901°N 139.588904°E / 35.972901; 139.588904

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