Yomiuri-Land-mae Station
読売ランド前駅
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North Exit of Yomiuri-Land-mae Station | |
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Prefecture | Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa) |
City | Kawasaki |
Ward | Tama |
Neighborhood etc. | Ikuta |
Postal Code | 214 - 0037 |
(in Japanese) | 神奈川県川崎市多摩区西生田 |
History | |
Year opened | 1927 |
Former name | Nishi-Ikuta Station |
Present name since | 1964 |
Rail services | |
Operator(s) | Odakyu Electric Railway |
Line(s) | Odakyu Odawara Line |
Statistics | 34,174 passengers/day 2008 |
There is a bus stop near this station |
Yomiuri-Land-mae Station (読売ランド前駅 Yomiuri Rando Mae eki ) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 19.2 rail kilometers from the Odakyu Odawara Line's terminus at Shinjuku Station.
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Yomiuri-Land-mae Stated opened as Nishi-Ikuta Station (西生田駅 Nishi-Ikuta eki ) on April 1, 1927. It became a local stop in 1945, and was promoted to a “Semi-Express” stop in 1946, a “Sakura Semi-Express” stop in 1948, and “Commuter Special Express” stop in 1960. It was renamed to its present name in 1964. A new station concourse was completed in 1995.
Yomiuri-Land-mae Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks 2 tracks[1]
1 | ■Odakyu Odawara Line | Westbound (For Sagami-Ono, Hon-Atsugi, and Odawara) |
2 | ■Odakyu Odawara Line | Eastbound (For Kyodo, Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara), Chiyoda line Ayase and Shinjuku |
« | Service | »[2] | ||
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Odakyu Odawara Line | ||||
Ikuta | Semi Express (準急) | Yurigaoka | ||
Ikuta | Section Semi Express (区間準急) | Yurigaoka | ||
Ikuta | Local (各駅停車) | Yurigaoka |
Yomiuri Land, Home to one of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team's training grounds, as well as a large amusement park is nearby the station. Japan Women's University is also located here.
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