railway station
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located in the city of
Machida, Tokyo
is a Cities of Japan, city located in West Tokyo, the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 428,851, and a population density of 6,000 persons per km². The total area of the city was .
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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator
Odakyu Electric Railway
, commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone.
The Odakyu Electric Railway Company fo ...
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Lines
Tsurukawa Station is served by the 82.5 km
Odakyu Odawara Line
, commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone.
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from in Tokyo to in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...
, and lies from the Shinjuku terminus. Some services inter-run to and from on the
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line
The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. On average, the line carries 1,447,730 passengers daily (2017), the second highest of the Tokyo Metro network, behind the Tozai Line (1,642,378).
The station has one
side platform
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and one
island platform
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, serving a total of three tracks, with the platforms connected by a footbridge.
File:OER Tsurukawa Sta Northview.jpg, North entrance, May 2010
File:OER Tsurukawa Sta Southview.jpg, South entrance, May 2010
Platforms
History
The station opened on 1 April 1927.
Station numbering
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was introduced in January 2014 with Tsurukawa being assigned station number OH25.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 68,992 passengers daily.
Surrounding area
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Wako University
is a private university in Japan. It is located in Machida, Tokyo.
Wako University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Wako-Gakuen (和光学園) (meaning Wako schools), that includes kindergarten, two elementary schools, j ...
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Kokushikan University
is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 2007. This is the ...