is a passenger

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located in

Aoba-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 302,643 and a density of 8,610 persons per km². The total area was 35.14 km². Geography Aoba is located in ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

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, operated by the private railway company

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Lines

Aobadai Station is served by the

Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line The is a major commuter line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa Prefecture, with its western terminus of , to a major railway junction of western d ...

from in Tokyo to in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is 23.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks in a deep cutting with the station building located above them.

Platforms

History

Aobadai Station was opened on April 1, 1966. The station building was rebuilt from 1990–1992, and a new bus terminal was added.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 110,999 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Philia Hall (Aoba Ward Cultural Center) *Aobadai Park *Sakuradai Park *Yokohama City Aobadai Junior High School

References

External links

* Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1966 Railway stations in Yokohama {{Kanagawa-railstation-stub