History
Yokoze Station opened on 14 October 1969 on Seibu Railway's then-new Seibu Chichibu Line in what is now the town of Yokoze, Saitama. A new station building was placed in service on 14 January 1992. From 26 March 1998 all Chichibu limited expresses began stopping at Yokoze, with the neighbouring Ashigakubo Station downgraded to a seasonal-only stop. Station numbering SI35 was applied during fiscal 2012 with the Seibu network-wide rollout. The single island platform serves two tracks, with the station building on the northern side connected by a level crossing. A neighbouring Seibu Railway rolling-stock depot preserves classic Seibu Red Arrow and E851 locomotives.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Trains continuing onto the Chichibu Railway are split or coupled at Yokoze, where the dedicated crossover tracks let services reach Ohanabatake without entering the Seibu-Chichibu terminus.