Kumagaya Station

Summary

Kumagaya Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #165 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kumagaya Station is located in Kumagaya^[3].
• Kumagaya Station is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Kumagaya Station's transport network is recorded as Shinkansen network of JR East^[5].
• Kumagaya Station's transport network is recorded as local lines network of JR East^[6].
• Kumagaya Station's image is recorded as Kumagaya-STA South-entrance.jpg^[7].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[8].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as elevated station^[9].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as over-track railway station^[10].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as Q121844395^[11].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as railway station above ground^[12].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as interchange station^[13].
• Kumagaya Station's instance of is recorded as overtaking station^[14].
• Kumagaya Station's connecting line is recorded as Jōetsu Shinkansen^[15].
• Kumagaya Station's connecting line is recorded as Takasaki Line^[16].
• Kumagaya Station's connecting line is recorded as Chichibu Main Line^[17].
• Kumagaya Station's connecting line is recorded as Hokuriku Shinkansen^[18].
• Kumagaya Station's owned by is recorded as East Japan Railway Company^[19].
• Kumagaya Station's owned by is recorded as Chichibu Railway^[20].
• Kumagaya Station's operator is recorded as East Japan Railway Company^[21].
• Kumagaya Station's operator is recorded as Chichibu Railway^[22].
• Kumagaya is named after Kumagaya Station^[23].
• Kumagaya Station's adjacent station is recorded as JR East Ōmiya Station^[24].
• Kumagaya Station's adjacent station is recorded as Honjō-Waseda Station^[25].
• Kumagaya Station's adjacent station is recorded as Gyōda Station^[26].
• Kumagaya Station's adjacent station is recorded as Kagohara Station^[27].

Body

Geography

Kumagaya Station is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Kumagaya^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[8], elevated station^[9], over-track railway station^[10], Q121844395^[11], railway station above ground^[12], and interchange station^[13].

History and Context

+1883-07-28T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kumagaya Station^[28]. Owners include East Japan Railway Company^[19], a rail company (Japan)^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1987^[31], headquartered in JR East Headquarters Building^[32] and Chichibu Railway^[20], a private railway^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1899^[35], headquartered in Akebonochō^[36]. Kumagaya is named after it^[23].

Why It Matters

Kumagaya Station ranks in the top 0.89% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #165 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]