Higashi-Iwatsuki Station (東岩槻駅, Higashi-Iwatsuki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TD-07".
TD07 Higashi-Iwatsuki Station 東岩槻駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 South side of Higashi-Iwatsuki Station, August 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-12-1 Higashi-Iwatsuki, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°57′49″N 139°42′45″E / 35.9635°N 139.7124°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Tōbu Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | _symbol.svg){kind=small} Tobu Urban Park Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 10.9 km from Ōmiya | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TD-07 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 November 1929 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 20,454 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
editHigashi-Iwatsuki Station is served by the 62.7 km (39.0 mi) Tōbu Urban Park Line (formerly known as the Tōbu Noda Line) from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, and lies 10.9 km (6.8 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya.[1]
Station layout
editThe station has one ground-level island platform serving two tracks. The station building is located above the platform.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line | for Ōmiya |
| 2 | ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line | for Kashiwa and Funabashi |
History
editThe station opened on 1 December 1969.[1] The present station building was completed in 2006. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tōbu Noda Line, with Higashi-Iwatsuki Station becoming "TD-07".[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,454 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
edit- Site of Iwatsuki Castle
- Higashi-Iwatsuki Post Office
- Kaichi Gakuen
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Higashi-Iwatsuki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Higashi-Iwatsuki Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)