is a junction passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in

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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 ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

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(Sotetsu).

Lines

Futamata-gawa Station is served by the

Sōtetsu Main Line The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects and . Services Services on the Main Line are divided into four categories. Some trains travel along the Izu ...

and

Sōtetsu Izumino Line The is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). It connects in Yokohama to in Fujisawa. Services Services on the Izumino Line operate as a Branch line, branch of the Sa ...

. It lies 10.5 km from the terminus of the Sōtetsu Main Line at

Yokohama Station is a major interchange railway station in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the fifth-busiest in the world as of 2013, serving 760 million passengers a year. Lines Yokohama Station is served by the ...

, and is the terminus for the Izumino Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving four tracks.

Platforms

* Platform 3 is used mostly by trains from the Izumino Line, and platform 4 is used mostly by trains from the Main Line. File:Sotetsu_Futamagawa_Station_platform_202307300845.jpg, The platforms, July 2023 File:Futamatagawa_station_concourse.jpg, The station concourse, August 2007

History

Futamata-gawa Station opened on May 12, 1926. The Izumino Line opened on April 8, 1976.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 82,603 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Kanagawa Prefectural Police Driver License Center *Kanagawa Prefectural Archives *Kanagawa Cancer Center *Kanagawa Prefectural Futamata River Nursing and Welfare High School *Kanagawa Prefectural Industrial Technology Junior College *Yokohama Fujimigaoka Gakuen Secondary School

References

External links

* {{Sagami Railway Izumino Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Yokohama Stations of Sagami Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1926