Soshigaya-Ōkura Station Explained


Soshigaya-Ōkura Station
Native Name:祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:世田谷区祖師谷1-7-1[1] Setagaya, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Operator:Odakyu Electric Railway
Line:Odakyu Odawara Line
Opened:1927
Passengers:51085[2]
Pass Year:FY2020

is a stop on the Odawara Line by Odakyu Electric Railway and is located in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Station layout

The station, which sits on an elevated structure, features four tracks and two side platforms. Express trains typically bypass the station on the two innermost tracks while local and semi-express trains typically stop at the station on the two outermost tracks.

Before tracks were quadrupled on this section of the Odawara Line in 2004, the station featured two tracks and two side platforms. The station was also located at street level.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1927. This is a station of the Odakyu Odawara Line operated by Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., located 10.6km (06.6miles) west of Shinjuku in Setagaya Ward of Tokyo City. The station is surrounded by a residential neighborhood and is well known for the "Ultraman Shopping Street" that extends north from the station. The head office of Tsuburaya Productions - the studio that produces Ultraman - was located nearby the station, and the street was named in 2006 from the connection.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Soshigaya-Ōkura being assigned station number OH13.[3] [4]

References

35.6431°N 139.6096°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅のご案内|小田急電鉄.
  2. Web site: 祖師ヶ谷大蔵駅のご案内|小田急電鉄.
  3. Web site: 24 December 2013 . 2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します! . From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially! . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026092741/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8052_1284200_.pdf . 26 October 2022 . 9 January 2023 . odakyu.jp . ja.
  4. Web site: Kusamichi . Yoshikazu . 28 December 2013 . 小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入 . Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622180450/https://response.jp/article/2013/12/28/213984.html . 22 June 2020 . 10 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.