Toda Station (戸田駅, Toda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
JA19 Toda Station 戸田駅 | |||||||||||
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 West side of the station in April 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Niizo, Toda-shi, Saitama-ken 335-0021 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°49′3.51″N 139°40′10.55″E / 35.8176417°N 139.6695972°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JA Saikyō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.7 km from Ōsaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 September 1985 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 21,355 | ||||||||||
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  Toda Station Location within Saitama Prefecture  Toda Station Toda Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines edit
Toda Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 12.3 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "vermillion".[2]
Station layout edit
The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2] The station is staffed.
Platforms edit
| 1 | JA Saikyō Line | for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
| 2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe |
An arrangement of the Toda City song has been used as the departure melody for trains departing from the up platform (platform 1) since 1 August 2007.[3]
History edit
Toda Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,355 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 14,236[5] |
| 2005 | 15,746[6] |
| 2010 | 16,811[7] |
| 2015 | 18,813[8] |
Surrounding area edit
East side edit
- Toda City Office
- Toda Civic Cultural Hall
- Ushiroya Park
- Warabi Police Station
- Warabi Post Office
- Kami-Toda Post Office
West side edit
- Toda Municipal Library
- Toda Civic Folk Museum
- Toda Civic Sports Centre
- Toda Fire Station
- Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School[9]
- Toda Municipal Niizo Junior High School
- Toda Municipal Niizo Kita Elementary School
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 各駅情報（戸田駅） [Station Information: Toda Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 17–52. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
- ^ 戸田市歌「ああ わが戸田市」の発車メロディーが駅で流れます！ [Toda City Song used as station departure melody]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Toda City. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School website.. Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)
External links edit
Media related to Toda Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons
- Toda Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)