History
Hatogaya Station opened on 28 March 2001 with the inauguration of the Saitama Rapid Railway Line, the third-sector route extending the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line into Saitama. Located 5.9 km from the Akabane-Iwabuchi terminus, the underground station has an island platform with waist-height platform edge doors and lies beneath National Route 122. PASMO support began on 18 March 2007. A sub-name referencing Yamashin Material Co. was added on 23 November 2016. A turn-back siding on the Urawa-Misono side handles morning rush-hour terminating services and, when Saitama Stadium hosts Urawa Reds or Japan-national-team matches, supplementary trains use the station for capacity adjustment.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Since 2024 the station has hung parody posters modelled on a Masayuki Suzuki single jacket, warning visitors that this is not Hatagaya Station on the Keio Line in Shibuya.