is an interchange passenger

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated jointly 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 ...

(as an

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) and the third-sector railway operating company

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company The is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the ''Jōban Shinsen'') commuter railway line from in Tokyo to in Ibaraki Prefecture ...

Lines

The station is served by the following two lines. *

Tobu Urban Park Line 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 longes ...

Tsukuba Express The , or TX, is a Japanese railway line operated by the third-sector company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, which links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. The route was inaugurated on 24 Augu ...

It is located from the terminus of the

at Ōmiya Station, and from the terminus of the

Akihabara Station is a railway station in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods. Lines Akihabara Station is served by the following lines. JR East: * Tōhoku Main Line ** Keihin-Tohoku Li ...

Station layout

Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station has two opposed

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s at ground level for the Tobu Urban Park Line, connected by a footbridge to the elevated station building above. The Tsukuba Express has two elevated

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 built at a right angle to the Tōbu Line platforms, built above the station building. A walkway form the station connects it to the Forest of Nagareyama shopping mall.

Platforms

Tobu

File:Urban park line - Nagareyama-otakanomori Stn platforms 2018 6 26.jpg, TOBU Line Platform File:TOBU Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station Ticket gates.jpg, TOBU Line Gates

Metropolitan Intercity Railway

File:TX Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station Platform 1,2.jpg, TX Line Platform File:TX Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station Gates 1.jpg, TX Line Gates

History

The station opened on 24 August 2005, coinciding with the opening of the Tsukuba Express line. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station becoming "TD-22".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the Tobu Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 58,635 passengers daily. The Tsukuba Express portion of the station was used by an average of 38,194 passengers (departing passengers only) during the same period.

Surrounding area

Edogawa University is a private university in Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, established in 1990. The school has two divisions, a College of Sociology and a College of Media and Mass Communication. Academics College of Sociology * Department of Psychology and Hu ...

*Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Shopping Center *Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Post Office

References

External links

Tobu Railway Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station

TX Nagareyama-ōtakanomori Station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagareyama-Otakanomori Station Stations of Tsukuba Express Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 2005 Nagareyama