Yomiuriland-mae Station

Yomiuriland-mae Station (読売ランド前駅, Yomiuri Rando Mae eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 19.2 rail kilometers from the Odakyu Odawara Line's terminus at Shinjuku Station.

Yomiuriland-mae Station 読売ランド前駅
South Exit of Yomiuriland-mae Station, 2018
Location	Ikuta, Tama, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （神奈川県川崎市多摩区西生田） Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1927
Previous names	Nishi-Ikuta (until 1964)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	34,174 daily
Services
Preceding station   Odakyu   Following station Yurigaoka toward Hon-Atsugi Odawara Line Commuter Semi Express Ikuta toward Ayase Yurigaoka toward Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Yurigaoka toward Hakone-Yumoto Odawara Line Local Ikuta toward Shinjuku or Ayase

History

Yomiuriland-mae Station opened as Nishi-Ikuta Station (西生田駅, Nishi-Ikuta eki) on April 1, 1927. It became a local stop in 1945, and was promoted to a “Semi-Express” stop in 1946, a “Sakura Semi-Express” stop in 1948, and “Commuter Special Express” stop in 1960. It was renamed to its present name in 1964. A new station concourse was completed in 1995.

Lines

• Odakyu Electric Railway
  • Odawara Line

Station platforms, 2018

Layout

Yomiuriland-mae Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.[1]

Platforms

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

Surroundings

Yomiuriland, home to one of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team's training grounds, as well as a large amusement park is nearby the station. Japan Women's University's Nishi-Ikuta Campus is also located here.

External links

• Odakyu Station Guide (Japanese)

Notes

1. Map of the station Archived August 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine