Mizuhodai Station

Mizuhodai Station
みずほ台駅

The east side of the station in September 2012
Location 2-29-1 Mizuhodai, Fujimi-shi, Saitama-ken 354-0015
Japan
Operated by Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Distance 20.6 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus terminal
Other information
Station code TJ-16     
Website www.tobu.co.jp/station/info/7309.html
History
Opened 21 October 1977
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 41,056 daily
Location
Mizuhodai Station
Location within Japan

Mizuhodai Station (みずほ台駅 Mizuhodai-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Fujimi, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Mizuhodai station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Yanasegawa and Tsuruse stations, it is 20.6 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] Only Semi express and Local services stop at this station.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platform.

Platforms

1  Tobu Tojo Line for Fujimino, Kawagoe, Shinrinkōen, Ogawamachi, and Yorii
2  Tobu Tojo Line for Shiki, Wakōshi, Narimasu, and Ikebukuro
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
Tokyu Toyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Tojo Line
TJ Liner: Does not stop at this station
Rapid express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Express: Does not stop at this station
Yanasegawa   Semi express   Tsuruse
Yanasegawa   Local   Tsuruse

History

The west entrance in November 2004

The station opened on 21 October 1977.[2]

Through-running to and from Shibuya via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line commenced on 14 June 2008.[4]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Mizuhodai Station becoming "TJ-16".[5]

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.[6]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 41,056 passengers daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. "Mizuhodai Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2016
  4. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published 7 June 2008
  5. 「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 21 March 2012.
  6. Tobu Tojo Line Timetable, published March 2013
  7. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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Coordinates: 35°50′18″N 139°33′03″E / 35.8382°N 139.5509°E / 35.8382; 139.5509

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