Hatanodai Station Explained

Hatanodai Station
Native Name:	旗の台駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	2-13-1 Hatanodai, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	2 side platforms, 2 island platforms
Tracks:	6
Structure:	Elevated and at grade
Code:	IK05, OM06
Former:	Higashi-senzoku (until 1951)
Map Type:	Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan

is a station in southeast Tokyo, Japan. It is the only station on the Ōimachi Line with two tracks in each direction, being used for transfer between local and express trains.

Station layout

The Tokyu Oimachi Line platforms are scheduled to be lengthened to handle seven-car trains on express services during fiscal 2017.^[1]

History

• July 6, 1927: Higashi-senzoku Station (東洗足駅) of Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway opened.
• August 1927: Hatagaoka Station (旗ヶ岡駅) of Ikegami Electric Railway opened.
• March 1951: Higashi-senzoku Station was renamed Hatanodai and rebuilt on the present position on the Oimachi Line.
• May 1951: Hatagaoka Station merged with Hatanodai Station and rebuilt on the present position on the Ikegami Line.

Surrounding area

• Showa University (Hatanodai Campus) and the university hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

35.6048°N 139.7028°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/file/170322-1.pdf . ja: 田園都市線および大井町線の朝ラッシュ時の混雑緩和施策を実施 . Measures implemented to alleviate morning rush-hour overcrowding on Denentoshi and Oimachi Lines . 22 March 2017 . News release . Tokyu Corporation . Japan. 2. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20170323081947/http://www.tokyu.co.jp/file/170322-1.pdf . 23 March 2017. live . 23 March 2017.