is a passenger

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in the town of

Itakura, Gunma is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 14,323 in 5717 households and a population density of 340 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Itakura's animal mascot is the catfish. It is re ...

, Japan, operated by the

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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 lon ...

. The station is numbered "TN-07".

Lines

Itakura Tōyōdai-mae Station is served by

Tōbu Nikkō Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway company Tobu Railway. It branches from Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen Station in Miyashiro, Saitama on the Skytree Line, extending north to Tōbu Nikkō Station in Nikkō, Tochigi. T ...

, and is from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

This station consists of two elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s serving four tracks, with the station building located underneath. Tracks 1 and 4 are on

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Platforms

History

Itakura Tōyōdai-mae Station opened on 25 March 1997. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Itakura Tōyōdai-mae Station becoming "TN-07".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3819 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Toyo University is a private university with the main Hakusan Station (Tokyo), Hakusan campus in Bunkyō, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The university operates multiple satellite campuses in the Kanto region, including. Asaka, Saitama, Asaka, Kawagoe, Saitama, Kawagoe, ...

Itakura campus

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Itakura Toyodai-Mae Station Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture Tobu Nikko Line Stations of Tobu Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1997 Itakura, Gunma