Okabe Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 岡部駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 2661-3 Oka, Fukaya-shi, Saitama-ken 369-0201 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.2057°N 139.2377°W |
Line: | Takasaki Line |
Distance: | 50.1 km from . |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 16 December 1909 |
Passengers: | 3183 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Saitama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Okabe Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fukaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Okabe Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 50.1 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at .
The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is staffed.
The station opened on 16 December 1909. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3183 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]