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Musashi-Ranzan Station 武蔵嵐山駅
Musashi-Ranzan Station east entrance, August 2009
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
District	Hiki
Town	Ranzan
Neighborhood etc.	135-6 Sugaya
(in Japanese)	比企郡嵐山町菅谷135-6
History
Year opened	1923
Former name	Sugaya Station
Present name since	1935
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōjō Line
Statistics	9,156 passengers/day ^[1]

Musashi-Ranzan Station (武蔵嵐山駅, Musashi-Ranzan-eki^?) is a railway station located in Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, operated by Tōbu Railway.^[1]

1 Lines
2 Layout
3 History
4 Adjacent stations
5 References
6 External links

Lines

Musashi-Ranzan Station is served by the Tōbu Tōjō Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo. All services (TJ Liner, Rapid Express, Express, Commuter Express, Semi Express, Local) stop at this station.^[2]

Layout

Station platforms, looking west, March 2008

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks. An additional side platform remains on the west side of the down track, but this is no longer used.

1	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	For Ogawamachi
2	■Tōbu Tōjō Line	For Kawagoe, Wakōshi, and Ikebukuro

History

The station opened on 5 November 1923 as Sugaya Station (菅谷駅^?), and was renamed Musashi-Ranzan on 1 October 1935.^[3]

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tōjō Line
Tsukinowa	TJ Liner	Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa	Rapid Express	Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa	Express	Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa	Commuter Express	Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa	Semi Express	Ogawamachi
Tsukinowa	Local	Ogawamachi

References

^ ^a ^b "Musashi-Ranzan Station information" (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. http://www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7501.html. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
^ Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.