Toda-kōen Station (戸田公園駅, Toda-kōen-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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 Toda-kōen Station west exit, April 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 4 Honchō, Toda-shi, Saitama-ken 335-0023 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°48′28.7352″N 139°40′40.9836″E / 35.807982000°N 139.678051000°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JA Saikyō Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 24.4 km from Ōsaki | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 September 1985 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 34,478 | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
editToda-Kōen Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 11.0 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is sky blue.[2]
Station layout
editThe station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. Additional passing tracks lie on either side of the station for non-stop rapid services. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]
Platforms
edit| 1 | JA Saikyō Line | for Akabane, Shinjuku, Ōsaki, R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba for Musashi-Kosugi, Hazawa yokohama-kokudai |
| 2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe |
An arrangement of the Toda City song has been used as the departure melody for trains departing from the up platform (platform 1) since 1 August 2007.[3]
History
editToda-kōen Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 34,478 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 23,769[5] |
| 2005 | 27,767[6] |
| 2010 | 29,336[7] |
| 2015 | 34,944[8] |
Surrounding area
edit- Arakawa River
- Toda Park, after which the station is named
- Boat Race Toda boat racing circuit
- Toda Rowing Course
- Toda Chuo General Hospital
National Route 17
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 各駅情報（戸田公園駅） [Station Information: Toda-kōen Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 17–52. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
- ^ 戸田市歌「ああ わが戸田市」の発車メロディーが駅で流れます！ [Toda City Song used as station departure melody]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Toda City. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
External links
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Media related to Toda-Kōen Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Toda-Kōen Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)