Ikuta Station

Ikuta Station
生田駅
South Exit of Ikuta Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Kawasaki
Ward Tama
Neighborhood etc. Ikuta 7-chome
Postal code214 - 0038
(in Japanese)神奈川県川崎市多摩区生田7丁目
History
Year opened 1927
Former name Higashi-Ikuta Station
Present name since 1964
Rail services
Operator(s) Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s) Odakyu Odawara Line
Statistics 43,990 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Ikuta Station (生田駅 Ikuta-eki) is a railway station on the Odakyu Odawara Line in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 17.9 rail kilometers from the Odakyu Odawara Line's terminus at Shinjuku Station.

History

Ikuta Station opened on April 1, 1927 as Higashi-Ikuta Station (東生田駅 Higashi Ikuta eki). It was promoted to a local train stop in 1945, to a “Semi-Express” stop in 1946, a “Sakura Semi-Express” stop in 1948, and a “Rush Hour Semi-Express” stop in 1964, It became a “Section Semi-Express” stop in 2004.

Lines

Layout

Ikuta Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks 2 tracks.

Platforms

1 Odakyu Odawara Line Westbound (For Sagami-Ōno, Hon-Atsugi, and Odawara)
2 Odakyu Odawara Line Eastbound (For Kyōdō, Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara), Chiyoda line Ayase and Shinjuku

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Mukogaoka-Yuen   Odakyu Odawara Line   Yomiuri-Land-mae
Mukogaoka-Yuen   Semi Express (準急)   Yomiuri-Land-mae
Mukogaoka-Yuen   Section Semi Express (区間準急)   Yomiuri-Land-mae
Mukogaoka-Yuen   Local (各駅停車)   Yomiuri-Land-mae

External links

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Coordinates: 35°36′54″N 139°32′32″E / 35.61500°N 139.54222°E