Higashi-Totsuka Station
JO11 JS11 Higashi-Totsuka Station 東戸塚駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 East Exit of Higashi-Totsuka Station, November 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 692 Shinano-chō, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 244-0801 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°25′48″N 139°33′24″E / 35.43000°N 139.55667°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 36.7 km from Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | JO11, JS11 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 1, 1980 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 44,389 daily | |||||||||||||||
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  Higashi-Totsuka Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture  Higashi-Totsuka Station Higashi-Totsuka Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||
Higashi-Totsuka Station (東戸塚駅, Higashi-Totsuka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Higashi-Totsuka Station is served by the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and the Yokosuka Line. It is located 36.7 km from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station. The station is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but trains operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line do not stop at Higashi-Totsuka.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform with two tracks. The station buildings are built above the platforms. The station had a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.(closed now)
The Yokosuka line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line share the same platforms. There are another two sets of tracks to the either side of the platform. One set is used for the through traffic of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the other set is for non-stop freight trains.
Platforms
| 1 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinagawa and Tokyo Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Chiba, Narita Line for Narita Airport, Uchibō Line for Kimitsu, Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinjuku, Ōmiya, Oyama and Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line) | |
| 2 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Ōfuna, Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History
Higashi Totsuka Station opened as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on October 1, 1980, after local residents had petitioned the government for a railway station for over a half century. The opening coincided with the separation of the tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line into two separate sets of tracks from Yokohama through Ofuna Station.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 44,389 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 58,172 | [2] |
| 2010 | 57,754 | [3] |
| 2015 | 58,172 | [4] |
Surrounding area
- Aurora Mall, in front of the train station, houses Aeon and Seibu stores.[5][6]
- Yokohama City Kawakami Kita Elementary School
- Yokohama City Kawakami Elementary School
- Yokohama City Shinano Elementary School
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "イオン東戸塚店のアクセスマップ". Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "西武東戸塚店トップ". Retrieved March 19, 2016.
External links
Media related to Higashi-Totsuka Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)