Kita-Toda Station

Kita-Toda Station (北戸田駅, Kita-Toda-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

JA20
Kita-Toda Station

北戸田駅
West entrance of Kita-Toda Station, September 2007
LocationNiizo, Toda-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県戸田市大字新曽）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JA Saikyō Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)19,634 daily

Lines

Kita-Toda Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 13.7 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "orange".[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]

Platforms
1 JA Saikyō Line for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki
R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
2 JA Saikyō Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe

An arrangement of the Toda City song has been used as the departure melody for trains departing from the up platform (platform 1) since 1 August 2007.[3]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Saikyō Line JA20
Commuter rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toda JA19   Local   Musashi-Urawa JA21

History

Kita-Toda Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 19,634 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200014,125[5]
200514,505[6]
201016,583[7]
201117,133[8]

Surrounding area
West side of the station, December 2006

Schools
  • Saitama Prefectural Nanryo High School[9]
  • Saitama Municipal Urawa Minami High School[10]
  • Saitama Municipal Tsuji Elementary School[11]
  • Toda Municipal Ashihara Elementary School[12]

See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（北戸田駅） [Station Information: Kita-Toda Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１２巻　東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 17–52. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
  3. 戸田市歌「ああ　わが戸田市」の発車メロディーが駅で流れます！ [Toda City Song used as station departure melody]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Toda City. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  9. Saitama Prefectural Nanryo High School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)
  10. Saitama Municipal Urawa Minami High School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)
  11. Saitama Municipal Tsuji Elementary School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)
  12. Toda Municipal Ashihara Elementary School website Archived 13 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)

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