Toda-Kōen Station

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

JA18
Toda-kōen Station

戸田公園駅
Toda-kōen Station west exit, April 2014
Location4 Honchō, Toda-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県戸田市本町4丁目）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JA Saikyō Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)32,008 daily

Lines

Toda-Kōen 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 11.0 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is sky blue.[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building underneath. Additional passing tracks lie on either side of the station for non-stop rapid services. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

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 JA18
Commuter rapid: Does not stop at this station
Akabane
ABNJA15
   Rapid   Musashi-Urawa JA21
Ukima-Funado JA17   Local   Toda JA19

History

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 32,008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200023,769[5]
200527,767[6]
201029,336[7]
201129,750[8]

Surrounding area
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See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（戸田公園駅） [Station Information: Toda-kōen 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.

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