Araijuku Station

Araijuku Station (新井宿駅) is a passenger railway station on the Saitama Rapid Railway Line in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the third sector railway operator Saitama Railway Corporation.

Lines
Araijuku Station is served by the 14.6 km Saitama Rapid Railway Line, which extends from Akabane-iwabuchi in Kita, Tokyo to Urawa-Misono in Midori-ku, Saitama, and lies 7.5 km from the starting point of the line at Akabane-iwabuchi. The majority of services on the line continue southward onto the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line to Meguro and on the Tokyu Meguro Line to Hiyoshi in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Station layout
The station has an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.

Facilities and accessibility
The station concourse and platforms have elevator access. Universal access toilets are available on the concourse level.

History
Araijuku Station opened on 28 March 2001 with the opening of the Saitama Rapid Railway Line.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,913 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

 * Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center
 * Saitama Prefectural Kawaguchi High School
 * Saitama Prefectural Hatogaya High School
 * Saitama Prefectural Hatogaya High School