Tsudayama Station

Tsudayama Station 津田山駅
Tsudayama Station
Location	Shimo-Sakunobe 1357, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （神奈川県川崎市高津区下作延 1357） Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Nambu Line
Connections
History
Opened	1941
Previous names	Nihon Hume Kan Mae (until 1944)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	3,693 daily

Tsudayama Station (津田山駅, Tsudayama-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Nambu Line located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Japan. It is 13.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Nambu Line at Kawasaki Station.

History

Tsudayama Station opened as Nihon Hume Tube Mae Stop (日本ヒューム管前停留場, Nihon Hume Kan Mae Teishajo) on the Nambu Railway on February 5, 1941. The stop was raised in status to that of a full station on April 9, 1943. Along with nationalization of Nambu Railway, the station became Tsudayama Station of Japanese Government Railway Nambu Line on April 1, 1944, and part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1949. All freight services were discontinued from March 5, 1972. Along with privatization and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Nambu Line

Station layout

Tsudayama Station has a single island platform serving two tracks, connected by an overpass. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Platforms

Facilities on the station grounds

• There is no kiosk at the station.

  There was a kiosk until the 1970s.

Adjacent stations

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

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External links

• (in Japanese) JR East Station info

Coordinates: 35°36′15″N 139°36′00″E / 35.604129°N 139.600015°E / 35.604129; 139.600015