Futamata-gawa Station (二俣川駅, Futamata-gawa eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu).
 Futamata-gawa Station 二俣川駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The north entrance, January 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Futamata-gawa, Asahi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 241-0821 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°27′47.08″N 139°31′55.09″E / 35.4630778°N 139.5319694°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Sagami Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 10.5 km from Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SO10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 12, 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 82,603 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editFutamata-gawa Station is served by the Sōtetsu Main Line and Sōtetsu Izumino Line. It lies 10.5 km from the terminus of the Sōtetsu Main Line at Yokohama Station, and is the terminus for the Izumino Line.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
Platforms
edit| 1 |  Sōtetsu Main Line
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for Yamato and Ebina |
| 2 | Sōtetsu Main Line
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for Yamato and Ebina |
| Sōtetsu Izumino Line
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for Shōnandai | |
| 3-4 | Sōtetsu Main Line
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for Nishiya, Yokohama, Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Shin-Yokohama Through to JA Saikyō Line for Musashi-Kosugi, Ōsaki, and Shinjuku Through to SH Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line for Shin-tsunashima and Hiyoshi |
- Platform 3 is used mostly by trains from the Izumino Line, and platform 4 is used mostly by trains from the Main Line.
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The platforms, July 2023 -
The station concourse, August 2007
History
editFutamata-gawa Station opened on May 12, 1926.[1] The Izumino Line opened on April 8, 1976.[1]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 82,603 passengers daily.[2]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
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| 2005 | 78,009 | [3] |
| 2010 | 80,329 | [4] |
| 2015 | 77,843 | [5] |
Surrounding area
edit- Kanagawa Prefectural Police Driver License Center
- Kanagawa Prefectural Archives
- Kanagawa Cancer Center
- Kanagawa Prefectural Futamata River Nursing and Welfare High School
- Kanagawa Prefectural Industrial Technology Junior College
- Yokohama Fujimigaoka Gakuen Secondary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ 相 模 鉄 道 線：乗 降 人 員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanto Traffic Advertising Council. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Futamatagawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)