Ikuta Station

Ikuta Station (生田駅, Ikuta-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 17.9 rail kilometers from the Odakyu Odawara Line's terminus at Shinjuku Station.


Ikuta Station

生田駅
South Exit of Ikuta Station
LocationIkuta 7-chome, Tama, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
(神奈川県川崎市多摩区生田7丁目)
Japan
Operated byOdakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)Odakyu Odawara Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1927
Previous namesHigashi-Ikuta (until 1964)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)43,990 daily
Services
Preceding station   Odakyu   Following station
toward Hon-Atsugi
Odawara Line
Commuter Semi Express
toward Ayase
toward Isehara
Odawara Line
Semi Express
Odawara Line
Local
toward Shinjuku or Ayase

History

Ikuta Station opened on April 1, 1927 as Higashi-Ikuta Station (東生田駅, Higashi Ikuta eki). It was promoted from a local train stop in 1945, to a “Semi-Express” stop in 1946, a “Sakura Semi-Express” stop in 1948, and a “Rush Hour Semi-Express” stop in 1964. It became a “Section Semi-Express” stop in 2004.

Lines

Layout

Ikuta Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

1  Odakyu Odawara Line Westbound (For Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, and Odawara)
2  Odakyu Odawara Line Eastbound (For Kyōdō, Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara), Chiyoda line Ayase and Shinjuku


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