is a passenger

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on the

New Shuttle The is a manually driven rubber-tyred people mover system in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by . The 12.7-kilometre that runs north from Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama, alongside the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen elevated h ...

(Ina Line) located in

Ōmiya-ku, Saitama is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 119,298 and a population density of 9,300 persons per km². Its total area w ...

, Japan, operated by the Saitama New Urban Transit Company.

Lines

Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station is served by the

Ina Line, and is 1.5 km from the

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of the line at .

Station layout

This elevated station consists of 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 platform ...

s serving two tracks, located on either side of the elevated Shinkansen lines. The station building is located underneath the platforms.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 22 December 1983 as . On 14 October 2007, it was renamed Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station coinciding with opening of the nearby

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Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4568 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* *

Kita-Ōmiya Station is a passenger railway station on the Tōbu Urban Park Line in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Lines Kita-Ōmiya Station is served by the 62.7 km Tōbu Urban Park Line f ...

( Tōbu Urban Park Line)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tetsudo-Hakubutsukan Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 1983 Railway stations in Saitama (city)