Minami-Nagareyama Station
Minami-Nagareyama Station 南流山駅 | |
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|---|---|
| Station entrance, January 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Nagareyama |
| Neighborhood etc. | Minami-Nagareyama |
| (in Japanese) | 千葉県流山市南流山 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1973 |
| Rail services | |
| Station number(s) | 10 (TX) |
| Operator(s) | JR East Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Musashino Line Tsukuba Express |
 There is a bus stop near this station | |
Minami-Nagareyama Station (南流山駅 Minami-Nagareyama-eki) is a railway station in Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, operated by both East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company.
Lines
Minami-Nagareyama Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line, which runs between Fuchū-Hommachi and Tokyo, and by the Tsukuba Express line, which runs from Akihabara in Tokyo and Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. The station is number 10 on the Tsukuba Express line.
Station layout
JR East
The JR East station consists of two elevated side platforms serving two tracks, with a bi-directional centre track used for freight services.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Musashino Line | for Minami-Koshigaya, Musashi-Urawa, and Fuchū-Hommachi |
| 2 | ■Musashino Line | for Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari |
Tsukuba Express
The Tsukuba Express station consists of an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms were approximately 125 m long when built, to accommodate 6-car trains.[1]
Platforms
| 1 | ■Tsukuba Express | for Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori, Moriya, and Tsukuba |
| 2 | ■Tsukuba Express | for Misato-chūō, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musashino Line | ||||
| Misato | Local | Shin-Matsudo | ||
| Tsukuba Express (10) | ||||
| Kita-Senju (05) | Rapid | Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori (12) | ||
| Yashio (08) | Commuter Rapid | Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori (12) | ||
| Misato-chūō (09) | Semi Rapid | Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori (12) | ||
| Misato-chūō (09) | Local | Nagareyama-centralpark (11) | ||
History
Minami-Nagareyama Station opened on 1 April 1973.[2]
The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005, coinciding with the opening of the line.
The Tsukuba Express platforms are scheduled to be lengthened by 40 m in either direction by autumn 2012 to allow the train stopping positions to be offset, thus reducing platform crowding during peak periods.[1]
Surrounding area
- Toyo Gakuen University Nagareyama Campus
See also
Media related to Minami-Nagareyama Station at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ３編成１８両の車両増強と南流山駅ホーム改良計画について [Details of new build of 3 trainsets and platform improvements at Minami-Nagareyama Station] (pdf). Tsukuba Express News Release (in Japanese). Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ "JR East station information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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Coordinates: 35°50′17.84″N 139°54′12.66″E / 35.8382889°N 139.9035167°E