Station

Yokoze

横瀬

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Yokoze
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)

Timetable information

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

Location

History

Yokoze Station opened on 14 October 1969 on Seibu Railway's then-new Seibu Chichibu Line in what is now the town of Yokoze, Saitama. A new station building was placed in service on 14 January 1992. From 26 March 1998 all Chichibu limited expresses began stopping at Yokoze, with the neighbouring Ashigakubo Station downgraded to a seasonal-only stop. Station numbering SI35 was applied during fiscal 2012 with the Seibu network-wide rollout. The single island platform serves two tracks, with the station building on the northern side connected by a level crossing. A neighbouring Seibu Railway rolling-stock depot preserves classic Seibu Red Arrow and E851 locomotives.

Notes

Trains that run through onto the Chichibu Railway are split or joined at Yokoze. Services to and from Nagatoro then avoid the platforms at Seibu-Chichibu Station, using a connecting line inside that station's grounds to reach Ohanabatake Station, while services to and from Mitsumineguchi call at Seibu-Chichibu and reverse there.

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