Kitami Station (Tokyo)
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Kitami Station is a minor stop on the Odakyu Electric Railway
Odawara Line straddling the border between Setagaya Ward and Komae City in Tokyo
, Japan
.
It is the 14th station, about 12.7 km, from Shinjuku Station
. It was used by an average of about 32,000 passengers daily in 2005. It is serviced by local service and section semi-express trains; all other trains bypass the station.
(Local ・ Sectional Semi-Express)
(Local ・ Sectional Semi-Express)
Throughout the 1990s it was extensively redeveloped as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project. Previous to the redevelopment, the platforms were on ground level and linked by an overhead bridge.
immediately outside the North Exit and a supermarket to the south. A neighbourhood shopping street stretches south. The Odakyu Railway's Kitami train depot lies to the east, alongside the Nogawa river.
There is a Catholic church to the north of the station. It was built in the early 20th Century by Tsurumatsu Toshimitsu, the founder of Odakyu, for his daughter.
The name of the area, Kitami, is thought to originate from an ancient Ainu
word meaning "flat, wooded place".
Odakyu Electric Railway
, or OER, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan best known for its Romancecar series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone....
Odawara Line straddling the border between Setagaya Ward and Komae City in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
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It is the 14th station, about 12.7 km, from Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station
is a train station located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between central Tokyo and its western suburbs on inter-city rail, commuter rail and metro lines, the station was used by an average of 3.64 million people per day in 2007,...
. It was used by an average of about 32,000 passengers daily in 2005. It is serviced by local service and section semi-express trains; all other trains bypass the station.
Layout
The new station consists of two elevated platforms, with station facilities on the ground floor. There are commercial and food establishments under the train tracks on either side of the concourse.(Local ・ Sectional Semi-Express)
(Local ・ Sectional Semi-Express)
Adjacent stations
History
Kitami Station was opened on April 1, 1927.Throughout the 1990s it was extensively redeveloped as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project. Previous to the redevelopment, the platforms were on ground level and linked by an overhead bridge.
Surroundings
The station lies in a residential area. There is a kobanKoban (police box)
A is a small neighborhood police station found in Japan. Kōban also refers to the smallest organizational unit in today's Japanese police system. In addition to central police stations, Japanese uniformed police work is done from small buildings located within the community, a form of community...
immediately outside the North Exit and a supermarket to the south. A neighbourhood shopping street stretches south. The Odakyu Railway's Kitami train depot lies to the east, alongside the Nogawa river.
There is a Catholic church to the north of the station. It was built in the early 20th Century by Tsurumatsu Toshimitsu, the founder of Odakyu, for his daughter.
The name of the area, Kitami, is thought to originate from an ancient Ainu
Ainu language
Ainu is one of the Ainu languages, spoken by members of the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō....
word meaning "flat, wooded place".