Shin-Yurigaoka Station

Shin-Yurigaoka Station (新百合ヶ丘駅, Shin-Yurigaoka-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the Manpukuji neighborhood of Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.


Shin-Yurigaoka Station

新百合ヶ丘駅
The south entrance to Shin-Yurigaoka Station in October 2016
General information
Location1-18-1 Manpukuji, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 215-0004
Japan
Coordinates35°36′14″N 139°30′28″E / 35.603754°N 139.507656°E / 35.603754; 139.507656
Operated by Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)
Distance21.5 km from Shinjuku
Platforms3 island platforms[1]
Tracks6
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Station codeOH23
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJune 1, 1974; 50 years ago (1974-06-01)
Passengers
FY201921,681
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Machida
Romancecar Seijōgakuen-mae
towards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju
Machida
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Rapid Express
Noborito
Odawara Line
Express
Mukogaoka-Yuen
through to Tama Line Odawara Line
Commuter Express
Mukogaoka-Yuen
towards Shinjuku
Kakio
towards Hon-Atsugi
Odawara Line
Commuter Semi Express
Yurigaoka
Kakio
towards Isehara
Odawara Line
Semi Express
Kakio
towards Odawara
Odawara Line
Local
Yurigaoka
Kurihira
towards Karakida
Tama Line
Rapid Express
Commuter Express
Express
through to Odawara Line
Satsukidai
towards Karakida
Tama Line
Local
Location
Shin-Yurigaoka Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Shin-Yurigaoka Station is located in Japan
Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Shin-Yurigaoka Station (Japan)

Lines

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Shin-Yurigaoka Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, with some through services to and from Shinjuku in Tokyo. It lies 21.5 kilometres (13.4 miles) from the Shinjuku terminus. It is also the eastern terminus of the Odakyū Tama Line.

Station layout

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The station consists of three island platforms serving six tracks, with an elevated station building.

Platforms

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1-2  Odakyū Odawara Line for Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, and Odawara
3-4  Odakyū Tama Line for Odakyu-Tama-Center and Karakida
5-6  Odakyū Odawara Line for Kyōdō, Shimo-Kitazawa, and Yoyogi-Uehara
  Tokyo Metro Chiyoda line for Ayase and Shinjuku

Lines

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Shin-Yurigaoka Station is served by the Odakyū Odawara Line and is also the starting point of the Odakyū Tama Line. It is 21.5 km from the terminus of the Odawara Line at Shinjuku Station.[2]

History

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Shin Yurigaoka Station opened on 1 June 1974.[2] The greenfield station was developed by Odakyu Railway in 1974 as a purpose built station to hold trains for expresses to overtake local trains, and as a temporary holding spot for large numbers of passengers as the closer stations and rails towards central Tokyo were a chokepoint and had land acquisition issues and protracted legal filings with residents for decades, particularly in Setagaya ward.[3][1] There was no room for six parallel platforms closer to Tokyo. Due to these lawsuits, the congested Odakyū Odawara Line was even unable to acquire land by year 2000 for quad tracking on the Odawara line north of the station (in/out of Tokyo), resorting to phased expensive fixes to lack of land such as stacking rails vertically using tunnels and grade separation, finished in March 2018.[1] Along with the station, an attached masterplanned community was coordinated by Odakyu to support the railway. The station has been planned to connect to the Yokohama Municipal Subway and proposed Kawasaki Municipal Subway lines, but the Kawasaki plan has been cancelled.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Shin-Yurigaoka being assigned station number OH23.[4][5]

On 21 January 2020, Yokohama City and Kawasaki City announced the route and four new stations for the planned 6.5 km extension of the Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line from Azamino Station to Shin-Yurigaoka Station.[6][7] Construction of this section is expected to complete by 2030. [6][7] In June 2020, the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau started environmental impact assessment procedures of the extension project.[8]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,681 passengers daily.[9]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 21,572[10]
2010 21,177[11]
2015 21,522[12]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 複々線化プロジェクト [Quadruple-tracking Project] (in Japanese). 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ "Residents can sue railway: top court". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 8 December 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します!" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "横浜市営地下鉄ブルーラインの延伸「あざみ野~新百合ヶ丘」概略ルート・駅位置が決定しました!" (PDF). City of Yokohama. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  7. ^ a b "川崎市:事業計画の概要". www.city.kawasaki.jp. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  8. ^ "3号線延伸取組状況". www.city.yokohama.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  9. ^ 鉄道部門:1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(平成18年度) [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  11. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(平成23年度) [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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