Kaminoge Station

Coordinates: 35°36′43″N 139°38′19″E / 35.612066°N 139.638709°E / 35.612066; 139.638709

Kaminoge Station
上野毛駅

The main station entrance, November 2011
Location 1-26-6 Kaminoge, Setagaya, Tokyo
(東京都世田谷区上野毛1丁目26-6)
Japan
Operated by Tokyu Corporation
Line(s) Tokyu Oimachi Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code OM14
History
Opened 1929
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 20,830 daily

Kaminoge Station (上野毛駅 Kaminoge-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Kaminoge Station is served by the 10.4 km Tokyu Oimachi Line from Oimachi to Futako-Tamagawa, and is located 9.2 km from the starting point of the line at Oimachi.[1] It is numbered "OM14".

Station layout

The station has a single island platform below the surrounding ground level, serving two tracks, with an additional outer track to allow non-stop express trains to pass in the "up" (Oimachi) direction.[2]

Platforms

1  Tokyu Oimachi Line for Futako-Tamagawa and Mizonokuchi
2  Tokyu Oimachi Line Jiyūgaoka, Ōokayama, Hatanodai, and Ōimachi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokyu Oimachi Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Todoroki   Local   Futako-Tamagawa
Todoroki   Local   Futako-Tamagawa

History

The station opened on 1 November 1929.[1]

Kaminoge station was rebuilt, with building work completed in March 2011.[3] The new station building was designed by the architect Tadao Ando.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 20,830 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 231. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (18 March 2009). 日本の鉄道 東海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第1巻 東京駅 - 横浜エリア [Railways of Japan - Tokaido Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 1 Tokyo - Yokohama area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 77. ISBN 978-4-06-270011-5.
  3. "上野毛駅改良工事" [Kaminoge Station Improvement Works].
  4. "Tadao Ando Architecture, Challenges - Faithful to the Basis".

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