Tama-Center Station (多摩センター駅, Tama-sentaa-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Tama, Tokyo, Japan operated jointly by the private railway companies Keio Corporation and Odakyū Electric Railway and the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Company. The stations are formally known as Keiō Tama-Center (Keiō), Odakyū Tama-Center (Odakyū), and Tama-Center (Tama Monorail).
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| Location | Ochiai 1-chome, Tama-shi, Tokyo （東京都多摩市落合1丁目） Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°37′30″N 139°25′27″E / 35.6250594°N 139.4242877°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 island + 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KO41 (Keio) OT06 (Odakyu) TT01 (Tama Toshi Monorail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | Keiō Corporation: 1974 Odakyū Electric Railway: 1975 Tama Toshi Monorail: 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Keiō: 90,353 Odakyū: 51,315 Tama Toshi Monorail: 37,449 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations edit
Keiō Corporation (Keiō Tama-Center Station) edit
The station opened on 18 October 1974. Four elevated tracks serve two island platforms. All trains stop at this station.
| 1, 2 | KO Keiō Sagamihara Line | for Hashimoto |
| 3, 4 | KO Keiō Sagamihara Line | for Chōfu, Meidaimae, Sasazuka, and Shinjuku S Toei Shinjuku Line for Motoyawata |
Odakyū Electric Railway (Odakyū Tama-Center Station) edit
The station opened on 23 April 1975. Two elevated tracks serve two island platforms. All trains stop at this station.
| 1 | OH Odakyū Tama Line | for Karakida |
| 2 | OH Odakyū Tama Line | for Shin-Yurigaoka, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase JL Joban Line for Abiko and Toride |
Tama Toshi Monorail (Tama-Center Station) edit
The station opened on 10 January 2000. This is a raised station with two tracks and two opposed side platforms, with the station building located underneath. It is a standardized station building for this monorail line.
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■ Tama Toshi Monorail Line | Takahatafudō, Tachikawa-Kita, Tamagawa-Jōsui, Kamikitadai |
Surrounding area edit
The station sits at the heart of the planned Tama New Town suburb, and as such is home to most of the area's main commercial and municipal buildings. There are numerous shopping centers centered on a pedestrian mall on the station's south side. Sanrio Puroland is located (about 200 meters) south-east of the station.
History edit
- 18 October 1974: Keiō Tama-Center Station opens as a local, rapid, and commuter rapid stop with the extension of the Keiō Sagamihara Line.
- 23 April 1975: Odakyū Tama-Center Station opens as a local stop with the extension of the Odakyū Tama Line.
- 28 May 1992: Special express trains begin service on the Sagamihara Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
- 10 January 2000: Tama Toshi Monorail Tama-Center Station opens.
- 2 December 2000: Special express Homeway and express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
- 25 March 2001: On the Sagamihara Line, express trains begin service, stopping at Tama-Center; special express trains are abolished.
- 23 March 2002: Tama Express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
- 11 December 2004: Section semi-express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
- May 2005 – March 2006: Odakyū Tama-Center Station undergoes renovation.
- 15 March 2008: Special express Metro Homeway trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
- February 2018: The Tama Toshi Monorail was assigned station number TT-01[1]
Passenger statistics edit
In fiscal 2019, the Keio station was used by an average of 90,353 passengers daily.[2] During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 51,315 passengers daily.[3] The Tama Monorail station was used by 37,449 passengers daily.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "多摩モノレール全駅に「駅ナンバリング」を導入します！！" ["Station numbering" will be introduced at all stations on the Tama Monorail!!] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). 30 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ 1日の駅別乗降人員 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Railway Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tama Monorail. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Tama-Center Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Keiō Tama-Center Station—Keiō Corporation (in Japanese)
- Odakyū Tama-Center Station—Odakyū Electric Railway (in Japanese)
- Tama Monorail Takahatafudō Station (in Japanese)