Tsudayama Station (津田山駅, Tsudayama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Tsudayama Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 13.9 km the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1 JN Nambu Line for Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Musashi-Kosugi, and Kawasaki
2 JN Nambu Line for Noborito, Fuchū-Hommachi, Bubaigawara, and Tachikawa

History

Tsudayama Station opened as Nihon Hume Tube Mae Stop (日本ヒューム管前停留場, Nihon Hume Kan Mae Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on 5 February 1941. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on 9 April 1943. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station became Tsudayama Station of Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on 1 April 1944, and part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949. All freight services were discontinued from 5 March 1972. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3,820 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 3,572[2]
2010 3,611[3]
2015 3,786[4]

Surrounding area

  • Kawasaki Municipal Midorigaoka Cemetery
  • Kawasaki City Shimosakunobe Elementary School

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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 Tsudayama Station at Wikimedia Commons