History
Ogawamachi Station opened on 5 November 1923 as a Tobu Tōjō Line stop in present-day Ōtsuka, Ogawa, Hiki District, Saitama. Tobu's freight Negoya Line branched from here between 1926 and its closure on 1 April 1967. The state railway Hachikō Line arrived from Ogose on 24 March 1934 and was extended north to Yorii on 6 October 1934, completing the route. Freight ended at the JR side in 1982 and parcels in 1984; that side passed to JR East at the 1987 breakup. Tobu manages the joint-use station. Suica was added in October 2002 and PASMO in March 2007. From 16 March 2019 a Rapid Express service from Motomachi–Chūkagai via the Fukutoshin, Tōyoko and Minatomirai lines began running into Ogawamachi.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Since 17 March 2005 Tōjō Line operations have been split here: Ikebukuro-bound services run in 10-car formations while Yorii-bound trains are 4-car one-man-operated, with passengers transferring across a same-platform interchange.