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Encyclopedia > Kawagoe Line

The Kawagoe Line (Japanese: 川越線 Kawagoe Sen) is a 30.6-kilometre railway line which connects the cities of Saitama, Saitama, Kawagoe and Hidaka in the Saitama Prefecture. Its main transfer stations are Omiya (terminus), Kawagoe and Komagawa (terminus). It is owned and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East.) A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Saitama (Japanese: さいたま市; -shi) is the capital city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ... Categories: Cities in Saitama Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Hidaka (Japanese: 日高市; -shi) is a city located in Saitama, Japan. ... Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Omiya Station (Japanese: 大宮駅 Ōmiya Eki) is the name of a railway station in Omiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan. ... Yamanote Line, Tokyo JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan Above Yurakucho in Tokyo East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi-Nihon Ryokyaku Tetsudo or JR東日本; JR Higashi-Nihon) is a Japanese private railroad company, one of the seven JR companies. ...


The Kawagoe to Omiya section operates as a part of radial suburban train system, where services extends towards the fringe of central Tokyo via Saikyo Line to Osaki then finally to Shin-Kiba via Tokyo Waterfront Railway. A radial is a line drawn along a vector. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō  listen, literally eastern capital), is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu in Japan. ... A northbound Saikyo Line train bound for Kawagoe takes on passengers at Shinjuku station. ... The Tokyo Waterfront Railway (東京臨海高速鉄道 Tokyo Rinkai Kosoku Tetsudo, or Rinkai Line) is a private railway in Tokyo, Japan, connecting Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba in Tokyo Bay. ...


On the other hand, On the Kawagoe to Komagawa section about a half of services are extended to and from Hachioji via Hachiko Line. It is less frequently served as it can be regarded as an arc line in the outer Greater Tokyo Area. Hachioji Station (八王子駅; -eki) is an important railway station in the city of Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. ... The Hachiko Line (八高線, -sen) is a 92 km regional railway line in the East Japan Railway Company system in Tokyo, Saitama, and Gunma Prefectures in Japan. ... The term arc may refer to: A part of a circles circumference (also called a circle segment). ... The Greater Tokyo Area (東京圏 Tōkyō-ken), also the Tokyo-Yokohama area, is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the prefectures of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama. ...


On the current operation patterns passengers who wish to go beyond Kawagoe from either side must change trains there.


Stations

  • Omiya Station
  • Nisshin Station
  • Sashiogi Station
  • Minami-Furuya Station
  • Kawagoe Station
  • Nishi-Kawagoe Station
  • Matoba Station
  • Kasahata Station
  • Musashi-Takahagi Station
  • Komagawa Station

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Kawagoe, Saitama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (236 words)
Kawagoe (川越市) is a city located in Saitama, Japan and is about a 30-minute train ride from Tokyo.
As of January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 332,846 (130,436 households) and a population density of approximately 3,049 persons per km².
Kawagoe is famous for its sweet potatoes, and on the local "Candy Street" one can find such treats as sweet potato chips, sweet potato ice cream, sweet potato coffee, and even sweet potato beer, brewed at the local Koedo Brewery.
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