is a railway station in

Inage-ku, Chiba is one of the six Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Chiba, Chiba, Chiba in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of April 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 156,860 and a population density of 7,380 persons per km2. The total area was . Geo ...

, Japan, operated by the

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

Lines

Midoridai Station is served by the

Keisei Chiba Line The is a railway line in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. It branches from the Keisei Main Line {{Infobox rail line , name = Keisei Main Line , native_name = 京成本線 ...

, and is located 9.9 km from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

Midoridai Station has 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 connected by an overpass.

Platforms

History

Midoridai Station was opened on 22 February 1922 as . On 1 April 1942, it changed its name to , after the engineering campus of

Tokyo Imperial University , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

located nearby. After World War II, university dropped the name “Imperial”, and the station was renamed accordingly. It was renamed once again on 1 May 1951 to . It assumed its present name on 1 October 1971.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010; Midoridai Station was assigned station number KS56.

External links

Keisei Station layout

References

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