Tamayodo Station

Tamayodo Station
玉淀駅
Tamayodo Station, November 2012
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
District Ōsato
Town Yorii
Neighborhood etc. 824-1 Yorii
Postal code369-1203
(in Japanese)大里郡寄居町寄居824-1
History
Year opened 1934
Rail services
Station number(s) TJ-37
Operator(s) Tobu Railway
Line(s) Tobu Tojo Line
Statistics 554 passengers/day (FY2010)

Tamayodo Station (玉淀駅 Tamayodo-eki) is a railway station on the Tobu Tojo Line in Yorii, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.[1]

Lines

Tamayodo Station is served by the Tobu Tojo Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, and is located 74.4 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.[2] During the daytime, the station is served by two "Local" (all-stations) trains per hour in each direction between Ogawamachi and Yorii. There are no direct trains to or from Ikebukuro.[3]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bidirectional track.[4]

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Tobu Tojo Line
Hachigata   Local   Yorii

History

The station opened on 1 April 1934.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on the Tobu Tojo Line, with Tamayodo Station becoming "TJ-37".[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 554 passengers daily.[6]

Surrounding area

References

  1. "Tamayodo Station information" (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 200. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. Tōbu Tōjō Line Timetable, published February 2011
  4. Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 67. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  5. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生! あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  6. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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Coordinates: 36°07′01″N 139°12′00″E / 36.1170°N 139.2001°E