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 the city of
Yamato, Kanagawa
is a city located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 242,065 and a population density of 8900 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Yamato is located approximately 40 to 50 kil ...
, Japan. It is operated by the private railway 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 ...
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Lines
Tsukimino Station is served by the
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Tokyu may refer to:
* Tokyu Group, a group of companies centered on Tokyu Corporation
** Tokyu Corporation, a Japanese railway company, the largest member and parent company of the group
** Tokyu Car Corporation, a former Japanese railway vehicle m ...
from in Tokyo, and lies 30.3 km from the line's Shibuya terminus.
Station layout
Tsukimino Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
From 11 October 2013, an experimental
platform edge door
Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...
system was installed for evaluation purposes on the down (Chūō-rinkan-bound) platform.
Originally scheduled to be introduced in the summer of 2013, the low-cost system developed by The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. consists of 10-m long wire rope screens that are raised and lowered, and is installed along the entire 200 m length of the down platform.
History
Tsukimino Station opened on October 15, 1976.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,537 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
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Japan National Route 16
is a national highway in Japan. A beltway around Tokyo, it links the major prefectural capital cities of Yokohama (in Kanagawa Prefecture), Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture), and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture) as well as Hachiōji (in Tokyo). It ...
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See also
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List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
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Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
Tokyu station informationPlatform edge barrier in operation (video)
{{Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1976
Railway stations in Yamato, Kanagawa