Iwatsuki Station (岩槻駅, Iwatsuki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TD-06".

Lines

Iwatsuki Station is served by the 62.7 km (39.0 mi) Tōbu Urban Park Line (formerly known as the Tōbu Noda Line) from Ōmiya , and lies 8.5 km (5.3 mi)m from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1 ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line for Ōmiya
2 ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line for bi-directional traffic
3 ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line for Kasukabe, and Kashiwa

History

The station in September 2009, before rebuilding

The station opened on 17 November 1929 as Iwatsukicho Station (岩槻町駅).[1] It was renamed Iwatsuki on 10 June 1939.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Iwatsuki Station becoming "TD-06".[2] The station building was rebuilt as a new overhead station during fiscal 2014.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,935 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

  • Site of Iwatsuki Castle
  • Saitama City Iwatsuki Ward Office
  • Iwatsuki Post Office

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  3. ^ ２０１３年度の鉄道事業設備投資計画 [Fiscal 2013 railway business investment plan] (PDF). Tobu News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

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