Shin-Yurigaoka Station

Shin-Yurigaoka Station (新百合ヶ丘駅, Shin-Yurigaoka-eki) is a junction railway station in Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.


Shin-Yurigaoka Station

新百合ヶ丘駅
The south entrance to Shin-Yurigaoka Station in October 2016
Location1-18-1 Manpukuji, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken
Japan
Coordinates35.603754°N 139.507656°E / 35.603754; 139.507656
Operated by Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)
Distance21.5 km from Shinjuku
Platforms3 island platforms[1]
Tracks6
ConnectionsBus stop
Other information
Station codeOH23
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 June 1974
Passengers
FY2011120,483 daily
Services
Preceding station   Odakyu   Following station
Romancecar
toward Shinjuku or Kita-Senju
toward Odawara
Odawara Line
Rapid Express
toward Shinjuku
Odawara Line
Express
through to Tama Line
Odawara Line
Commuter Express
toward Shinjuku
toward Hon-Atsugi
Odawara Line
Commuter Semi Express
toward Isehara
Odawara Line
Semi Express
Odawara Line
Local
toward Karakida
Tama Line
Rapid Express
Commuter Express
Express
through to Odawara Line
toward Karakida
Tama Line
Local
Location
Shin-Yurigaoka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Shin-Yurigaoka Station is served by the Odakyū Odawara Line and is also the starting point of the Odakyū Tama Line. It is 21.5 km from the terminus of the Odawara Line at Shinjuku Station.[2]

Station layout

Shin Yurigaoka Station is an elevated station with three island platforms serving six tracks.

Platforms
1-2 ■ Odakyū Odawara Line for Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, and Odawara
3-4 ■ Odakyū Tama Line for Odakyu-Tama-Center and Karakida
5-6 ■ Odakyū Odawara Line for Kyōdō, Shimo-Kitazawa, and Yoyogi-Uehara
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda line for Ayase and Shinjuku
  • The north entrance to the station in March 2017
  • An overview of the station platforms in December 2012

History

Shin Yurigaoka Station opened on June 1, 1974.[2] The greenfield station was developed by Odakyu Railway in 1974 as a purpose built station to hold trains for expresses to overtake local trains, and as a temporary holding spot for large numbers of passengers as the closer stations and rails towards central Tokyo were a chokepoint and had land acquisition issues and protracted legal filings with residents for decades, particularly in Setagaya ward.[3][1] There was no room for six parallel platforms closer to Tokyo. Due to these lawsuits, the congested Odakyū Odawara Line was even unable to acquire land by year 2000 for quad tracking on the Odawara line north of the station (in/out of Tokyo), finally resorting to phased expensive fixes to lack of land such as stacking rails vertically using tunnels and grade separation, finally finished in March 2018.[1] Along with the station, an attached masterplanned community was coordinated by Odakyu to support the railway. The station had been planned to connect to the Yokohama subway and proposed Kawasaki Municipal Subway lines, but those plans have been shelved or postponed, leaving the station as merely an Odakyu junction.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 120,483 passengers daily.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  1. 複々線化プロジェクト [Quadruple-tracking Project] (in Japanese). 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. "Residents can sue railway: top court". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 8 December 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. "Shinyuri Shonan Line Model Shop" (in Japanese).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.