Station

Omaeda

小前田

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Omaeda
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Omaeda Station opened on 7 October 1901 on the Chichibu Main Line, operated by the private Chichibu Railway. Located in the city of Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, it sits 30.5 km from the line's eastern terminus at Hanyū and is also served by through-trains to and from the Seibu Chichibu Line. The station retains its wooden building and consists of one side platform plus an island platform, totalling two platforms and three tracks. Track 3 is a bidirectional freight loop normally bypassed by passenger services. PASMO IC card acceptance began on 12 March 2022, on which date the station was simultaneously destaffed.

Notes

When the next-station guidance renders the name in katakana, it reads as 「次はオマエダ」, a homophone of "tsugi wa omae da" ("next is you") — a quirk that has seen Omaeda listed among Japan's unusual station and place names.

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