Tsukimino Station

Tsukimino Station
つきみ野駅

Tsukimino Station, February 2012
Location 5 Tsukimino, Yamato, Kanagawa
(神奈川県大和市つきみ野五丁目)
Japan
Operated by Tokyu Corporation
Line(s) Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
Station code DT26
History
Opened 1976
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 9,948 daily

Tsukimino Station (つきみ野駅 Tsukimino-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Tsukimino Station is served by the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line from Shibuya in Tokyo, and lies 30.3 km from the line's Shibuya terminus.[1]

Station layout

Tsukimino Station has two opposed elevated side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

View of the platforms, August 2008
1  Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Chūō-Rinkan
2  Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line for Futako-Tamagawa, Shibuya, Oshiage (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line), Kasukabe (Tobu Isesaki Line)

From 11 October 2013, an experimental platform edge door system was installed for evaluation purposes on the down (Chūō-Rinkan-bound) platform.[2] Originally scheduled to be introduced in the summer of 2013, the low-cost system developed by The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. consists of 10-m long wire rope screens that are raised and lowered, and is installed along the entire 200 m length of the down platform.[3]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi Express: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Machida   Local   Chūō-Rinkan

History

Tsukimino Station opened on October 15, 1976.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 9,948 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area

References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  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. 関東私鉄2社、新タイプのホームドア実証試験開始-低コストの昇降タイプ [Two private rail companies to experimentally introduce low-cost platform-edge door systems] (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. 西武・東急・相鉄で新形ホームドアの実証実験 [New platform edge doors to be evaluated at Seibu, Tokyu, and Sotetsu stations]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

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Coordinates: 35°30′37.206″N 139°27′28.904″E / 35.51033500°N 139.45802889°E / 35.51033500; 139.45802889

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