Higashi-Totsuka Station Explained


Higashi-Totsuka Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:東戸塚駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:692 Shinano-chō, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 244-0801
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.43°N 139.5567°W
Operator: JR East
Distance:36.7 km from
Platforms:1 island platform
Code:JO11, JS11
Status:Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Opened:October 1, 1980
Passengers:44,389 daily
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Higashi-Totsuka Station

is a passenger railway station located in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Totsuka Station is served by the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and the Yokosuka Line. It is located 36.7 km from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station. The station is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but trains operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line do not stop at Higashi-Totsuka.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform with two tracks. The station buildings are built above the platforms. The station formerly had a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The Yokosuka and Shōnan-Shinjuku Lines share the same platforms. There are another two sets of tracks to the either side of the platform. One set is used for the through traffic of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the other set is for non-stop freight trains.

Platforms

History

Higashi-Totsuka Station opened as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on October 1, 1980, after local residents had petitioned the government for a railway station for over a half century. The opening coincided with the separation of the tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line into two separate sets of tracks from Yokohama through Ōfuna Station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 44,389 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
200558,172 [2]
2010 57,754 [3]
2015 58,172 [4]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_01.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2020.
  2. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/369528.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成18年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. 26 March 2021.
  3. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/427362.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成23年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021.
  4. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成28年度. Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021. 1 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801131207/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: イオン東戸塚店のアクセスマップ. March 19, 2016.
  6. Web site: 西武東戸塚店トップ. March 19, 2016.