Atago Station (Chiba)

Atago Station
愛宕駅

Atago Station, October 2010
Location 1217 Nakanodai, Noda, Chiba
(千葉県野田市中野台1217)
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Urban Park Line
Platforms 2 side
Other information
Station code TD-16
History
Opened 1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 9,487 daily

Atago Station (愛宕駅 Atago-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Urban Park Line (Tobu Noda Line) in Noda, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Lines

Atago Station is served by the 62.7 km Tobu Urban Park Line from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, and lies 27.7 km from the line's western terminus at Ōmiya.[1]


Station layout

Atago Station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is scheduled to be rebuilt as an elevated station by fiscal 2017.[2]

Platforms

1  Tobu Urban Park Line for Kasukabe, Iwatsuki, and Ōmiya
2  Tobu Urban Park Line for Nodashi, Kashiwa, and Funabashi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tobu Urban Park Line
Shimizu-kōen   Local   Nodashi

History

Atago Station opened on September 1, 1929.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Noda Line, with Atago Station becoming "TD-16".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 9,487 passengers daily.[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 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. 2014年4月1日(火)より東武野田線に路線愛称名「東武アーバンパークライン」を導入します! [Tobu Noda Line to be renamed "Tobu Urban Park Line" from 1 April 2014] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. 「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. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  4. 駅情報(乗降人員) - Tobu Railway official home page (Japanese)

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Coordinates: 35°57′01″N 139°51′53″E / 35.95028°N 139.86472°E / 35.95028; 139.86472

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