Motosumiyoshi Station (元住吉駅, Motosumiyoshi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Motosumiyoshi Station is served by the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line and is 12.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shibuya. It is also served by the Tōkyū Meguro Line and is 10.4 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Meguro. Due to its proximity to a train depot for these lines, some early morning and late night trains come in and out of service from this station.

Station layout

The station is composed of two island platforms and six tracks. The outermost tracks, 1 and 6, are for through passage of express traffic on the Toyoko Line.

Platforms

For Passing ■ Tōyoko Line Used for express services or faster
2 ■ Toyoko Line Hiyoshi・Kikuna・Yokohama ・Minatomirai ・ Motomachi-Chūkagai
3 ■ Meguro Line Hiyoshi
4 ■ Meguro Line Musashi-kosugi ・ Ōokayama ・ Meguro
(Tokyo Metro Namboku Line) Akabane-Iwabuchi, (Saitama Rapid Railway Line) Urawa-Misono
(Toei Mita Line) Nishi-Takashimadaira
5 ■ Tōyoko Line Musashi-kosugi ・ Jiyūgaoka ・Shibuya・
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Kotake-Mukaihara and Wakōshi
For Passing ■ Toyoko Line Used for express services or faster

History

Motosumiyoshi Station opened as one of the original Tōyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926. The station was rebuilt as an underground station (ticket gates were underground and platforms were on the ground) in 1963, but was totally reconstructed in 2006 as an elevated above-ground station.

On February 15, 2014, at around 12:30 a.m., two Tōyoko Line trains collided on the Yokohama-bound track at the station. 19 passengers were lightly injured in the accident. The cause of the accident was supposedly the heavy snow that resulted in lack of braking force.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 67,853 passengers daily.[2]

The daily average passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Tōyoko Line Meguro Line
2005 58,147 NA [3]
2010 45,859 14,661 [4]
2015 46,595 17,651 [5]

Surrounding area

  • Sumiyoshi Shrine
  • Kanto Workers' Health and Safety Hospital
  • Tokyu Corporation Former Sumiyoshi Depot
  • Tokyu Driving School / Train Driver Training Center
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Sumiyoshi High School
  • Hosei University Second Junior and Senior High School

See also

References

  1. ^ "Railway operator Tokyu blames snow for train collision in Kawasaki". The Japan Times. Kyodo. February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "2020年度乗降人員" (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyu Corporation. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.

External links

Media related to Motosumiyoshi Station at Wikimedia Commons