Chichibu Main Line 秩父本線

Railway · Chichibu Railway 秩父鉄道 · 37 stations

How to ride Chichibu Railway (Chichibu Main Line) P

Operator-wide facts from Chichibu Railway (Chichibu Main Line)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Accepted PPASMO, Suica

Credit card touchNot confirmed

Delays & suspensionsLive status →Shown on the top page; Japanese only; updates also on X

Passes1 valid herefrom ¥1,700

IC cards and payment in detail

PASMO and Suica can be touched at the gates; stations without automatic gates have simple readers. One card per person. Auto-charge cannot be applied for here. P

PASMOを改札機の読み取り部にタッチするだけで、スムーズに改札を通過できます。

Getting on

Buy a ticket at the station ticket machine (it sells tickets from that station), or use PASMO/Suica.
Machine tickets carry a 2D (QR-type) code: hold it over the code reader at the gate when entering and when leaving.
If the machine at your station was out of order, buy a ticket for your journey at the machine of your arrival station and put it in the ticket box.
Coupon tickets were discontinued on 31 July 2025 (except disability and student types).

Getting off

Hold your ticket's code over the reader at the exit gate, or touch your IC card.
If you rode beyond your ticket, pay the difference.

Wheelchair assistance

Passenger information desk (旅客案内係). No dedicated accessibility page was found. Tel. 048-580-6363

Sources checked 2026-10-09 · review: draft_unreviewed

www.chichibu-railway.co.jp/information/pasmo.html · official ic card page · checked 2026-10-08
www.chichibu-railway.co.jp/information/ticket.html · official ticket page · checked 2026-10-08
www.chichibu-railway.co.jp/ · official status page · checked 2026-10-09

Passes valid on this line 1 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Chichibuji Yūyū Free Ticket (digital)

秩父路遊々フリーきっぷデジタル版 · Chichibu Railway

¥1,700 Adult · ¥500 Child

Day of use only. Sold every day, from 1 month before.

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IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P

Suica area: Greater Tokyo Suica and the other nationwide IC cards (PASMO, Kitaca, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken)
2 of 37 stations estimated from the official map

35 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.

How IC card areas work →

Trains to book on this line 1 P

Sightseeing trains and services whose seats you reserve in advance.

All seats reserved Until 6 Dec 2026Sightseeing train

SL Paleo Express

SLパレオエクスプレス · Chichibu Railway

Kumagaya – Mitsumineguchi (one round trip per operating day, about 2 h 40 min one way)

20 March – 6 December 2026, mainly Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them; names marked * are from Japanese Wikipedia or romanized for this guide (unofficial).

#	Station	English	Passengers / day (2024)	Guide / other lines
1	三峰口みつみねぐち 🗣	Mitsumineguchi	306
2	白久しろく 🗣	Shiroku	85
3	武州日野ぶしゅうひの 🗣	Busyu-Hino	141
4	武州中川 🗣	Busyu-Nakagawa	197
5	浦山口 🗣	Urayamaguchi	106
6	影森 🗣	Kagemori	417
7	御花畑おはなばたけ 🗣	Ohanabatake	2,319
8	秩父ちちぶ 🗣	Chichibu	1,070
9	大野原 🗣	Onohara	1,044
10	和銅黒谷わどうくろや 🗣	Wado-Kuroya	385
11	皆野みなの 🗣	Minano	795
12	親鼻おやはな 🗣	Oyahana	357
13	上長瀞かみながとろ 🗣	Kaminagatoro	229
14	長瀞ながとろ 🗣	Nagatoro	1,213
15	野上のがみ 🗣	Nogami	561
16	樋口ひぐち 🗣	Higuchi	155
17	波久礼 🗣	Hagure	204
18	寄居 🗣	Yorii	21,737	Hachiko Line, Tōbu Tōjō Line
19	桜沢 🗣	Sakurazawa	809
20	小前田 🗣	Omaeda	1,019
21	ふかや花園 🗣	Fukaya-Hanazono	961
22	永田 🗣	Nagata	341
23	武川 🗣	Takekawa	863
24	明戸 🗣	Aketo	249
25	大麻生 🗣	Ōasō	226
26	ひろせ野鳥の森 🗣	Hirose-Yachō-no-Mori	1,217
27	石原 🗣	Ishiwara	1,172
28	上熊谷 🗣	Kami-Kumagaya *	724
29	熊谷 🗣	Kumagaya	65,360	Takasaki Line, Joetsu Shinkansen
30	ソシオ流通センター 🗣	Socio Distribution Center *	658
31	持田 🗣	Mochida	824
32	行田市 🗣	Gyōdashi	1,394
33	東行田 🗣	Higashi-Gyōda	2,142
34	武州荒木 🗣	Bushu-Araki	300
35	新郷 🗣	Shingō	276
36	西羽生 🗣	Nishi-Hanyu	250
37	羽生 🗣	Hanyu	15,450	Tobu Isesaki Line

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.