Matoba Station

Matoba Station (的場駅, Matoba-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

[2] The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks.

[3] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Matoba Station is approximately a 10-minute walk from the Kawagoe-Matoba Bus Stop on the Kan-Etsu Expressway, which is served by long-distance bus services operated by Seibu Bus to destinations including Niigata, Toyama, Nagano, Karuizawa, and Kanazawa.

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View of the platforms looking east in January 2009