Okabe Station
# Okabe Station

Okabe Station (岡部駅, Okabe-eki) 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).

## Lines

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 Ōmiya.

## Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

| 1,2 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line) |
| - | - | - |
| 1,2 | ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line) |
| 3,4 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Honjō, Takasaki, and Maebashi |

* Platforms 2 and 4 serve as side tracks for terminating trains.

## History

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.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3183 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* former Okabe Town Hall
* Okabe Post Office
* Saitama Institute of Technology
