is a 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

Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 112,862 and a population density of 2,300 persons per km². Its total area w ...

, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Tōbu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and '' keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second long ...

. The station is numbered "TD-06".

Lines

Iwatsuki Station is served by the 62.7 km 62.7 km

Tōbu Urban Park Line The , formally known as the , is a long railway line in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures operated by the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway. It connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, Ma ...

(formerly known as the Tōbu Noda Line) from , and lies 8.5 km from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya.

Station layout

The station consists of one

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 ...

and one

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 ...

serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 17 November 1929 as . It was renamed Iwatsuki on 10 June 1939. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Iwatsuki Station becoming "TD-06". The station building was rebuilt as a new overhead station during fiscal 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,935 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

*Site of Iwatsuki Castle *Saitama City Iwatsuki Ward Office *Iwatsuki Post Office

References

External links

Tobu station information
{{Tobu Urban Park Line Railway stations in Saitama (city) Tobu Noda Line Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929