is a railway station on the

Tokyu Ikegami Line The is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation. It runs through Tokyo, extending from Gotanda Station in Shinagawa to Kamata Station in Ōta. New three-car 7000 series EMUs were introduced in December 2007, ...

Ōta, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward located in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it is often called Ōta City. , the ward has an estimated population of 716,413, with 379,199 households and a population density of 12,048.65 per ...

, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Tokyu Corporation The is a Japanese multinational ''keiretsu'' ( conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is , a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area. History The oldest predecessor ...

Station layout

This station has two opposed

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serving two tracks.

Platforms

Traffic

In 2014, 14,910 passengers per day started or ended travel at the station in average.

History

The station opened on May 4, 1923, as on the Ikegami Electric Railway. In April 1928, it was renamed . On January 1, 1936, it was renamed , and on January 20, 1966, the Japanese name was changed to the present-day form.

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