Mitakadai Station

Mitakadai Station
三鷹台駅
Station entrance, November 2009
Location
Prefecture Tokyo
(See other stations in Tokyo)
City Mitaka
History
Year opened 1933
Rail services
Station number(s) IN15
Operator(s) Keio Corporation
Line(s) Keio Inokashira Line
Statistics 22,574 passengers/day (FY2011)
There is a bus stop near this station

Mitakadai Station (三鷹台駅 Mitakadai-eki) is a railway station on the Keio Inokashira Line in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

Lines

Mitakadai Station is served by the 12.7 km Keio Inokashira Line from Shibuya in Tokyo to Kichijōji. Located between Kugayama and Inokashira-kōen, it is 11.2 km from the Shibuya terminus.[1]

Service pattern

Only all-stations "Local" services stop at this station. During the daytime, there are eight services per hour in either direction.

Station layout

View of the platforms, November 2009

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.[2] The station building is built above the tracks.

There are elevators from the concourse to the each of the two platforms, and to the north exit of the station. The stairway from the north exit is connected by a pedestrian bridge over the road below, which the rails also cross.

There are toilets accessible from platform one, with a "multi-purpose" toilet as well as men's and women's toilets.

Platforms

1 Keio Inokashira Line for Kichijōji
2 Keio Inokashira Line for Shimo-Kitazawa, Meidaimae, and Shibuya

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keio Inokashira Line (IN15)
Express: no stop
Kugayama (IN14)   Local   Inokashira-kōen (IN16)

History

The station opened on 1 August 1933.[1]

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Mitakadai Station becoming "IN15".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 22,574 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
1999 21,080[1]
2010 22,832[4]
2011 22,574[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 206. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (April 2010). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第1巻 東京駅―三鷹エリア [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 1 Tokyo Station - Mitaka Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 12, 55. ISBN 978-4-06-270061-0.
  3. 京王線・井の頭線全駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入します。 [Station numbering to be introduced on Keio Line and Inokashira Line] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Keio Corporation. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 1日の駅別乗降人員 [Average daily station usage figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

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Coordinates: 35°41′32″N 139°35′20″E / 35.6922°N 139.5889°E