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	Yokoze Station Location within Saitama Prefecture

SI35
Yokoze Station

横瀬駅
SI35; Yokoze Station; 横瀬駅
	Station building, July 2022
General information
Location	4067 Yokoze, Yokoze-machi, Chichibu-gun, Saitama-ken 368-0072; Japan
Coordinates	35°59′04″N 139°05′54″E / 35.984505°N 139.098333°E
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Chichibu Line
Distance	16.4 km from Agano
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Station code	SI35
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 October 1969
Passengers
FY2019	1,712 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Yokoze Station Location within Saitama Prefecture

Yokoze Station (横瀬駅, Yokoze-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Yokoze, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Yokoze Station is served by the Seibu Chichibu Line to Seibu-Chichibu and is 16.4 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Agano.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Platforms

1	Seibu Chichibu Line	for Hannō Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro
2	Seibu Chichibu Line	for Seibu-Chichibu

The platform in August 2009
The platform in October 2008

History

The station opened on 14 October 1969.^[1] A new station building was completed in 1992.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Yokoze Station becoming "SI35".^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 85th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 1712 passengers daily.^[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	1,533^[1]
2005	1,801^[4]
2010	1,770^[5]
2015	1,878^[6]

Surrounding area

National Route 299
Yokoze Town Hall
Yokoze History and Culture Museum
Yokoze Post Office
Yokoze River

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ 駅別乗降人員(2019年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ 平成18年統計年鑑 8 運輸・通信 [2006 Statistical Yearbook 8 Transportation / Communications (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ 駅別乗降人員　2010（平成22）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ 駅別乗降人員　2015（平成27）年度　1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.