Kitami Station (Tokyo)

Kitami Station (喜多見駅; -eki) is a minor stop on the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line straddling the border between Setagaya Ward and Komae City in Tokyo, Japan. It is the 14th station, about 12.7 km, from Shinjuku Station. It was used by an average of about 32,000 passengers daily in 2005. It is serviced by local service and section semi-express trains; all other trains bypass the station.

Kitami Station 喜多見駅
Location	Setagaya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
History
Opened	1927
Services
Preceding station   Odakyu   Following station Komae toward Hakone-Yumoto Odawara Line Local Seijōgakuen-Mae toward Shinjuku or Ayase

Layout

The new station consists of two elevated platforms, with station facilities on the ground floor. There are commercial and food establishments under the train tracks on either side of the concourse.

1	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Machida ・ Hon-Atsugi ・ Odawara ・(Hakone-Tozan Railway) Hakone-Yumoto ・(Odakyu Enoshima Line) Fujisawa ・ Katase-Enoshima (Local)
2	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Shimo-Kitazawa ・ Shinjuku・(Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line) Ayase ・(Joban Line) Toride (Local)

History

Kitami Station was opened on April 1, 1927.

Throughout the 1990s it was extensively redeveloped as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project. Previous to the redevelopment, the platforms were on ground level and linked by an overhead bridge.

Surroundings

The station lies in a residential area. There is a koban immediately outside the North Exit and a supermarket to the south. A neighbourhood shopping street stretches south. The Odakyu Railway's Kitami train depot lies to the east, alongside the Nogawa river.

There is a Catholic church to the north of the station. It was built in the early 20th century by Tsurumatsu Toshimitsu, the founder of Odakyu, for his daughter.

The name of the area, Kitami, is thought to originate from an ancient Ainu word meaning "flat, wooded place".