Shin-Yurigaoka Station
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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....
, located in Asao-ku, Kawasaki
Asao-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 167,792 and a density of 7,210 persons per km². The total area was 23.28 km².-Geography:...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan
Japan
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. Served by the Odawara Line and the Tama Line, it is 21.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Odawara Line at 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,...
and is a terminus
Terminal Station
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for the Tama Line. It is a planned future terminus for both Kawasaki Municipal Subway
Kawasaki Municipal Subway
The is a planned subway line that will run between and , ultimately extending to . The whole line will lie within the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It will link the eastern and western parts of southern Kawasaki that are otherwise not well served by rail transport...
and Yokohama Municipal Subway
Yokohama Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...
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History
Shin Yurigaoka Station was opened on June 1, 1974. A major bus terminal was completed at the station in 1986. In the year 2000 the Limited Express Homeway began operation, and the station became a Limited Express stop. In 2002 the Limited Express Support and Enoshima and Tama and Shōnan Express began operations to this station. Support was discontinued in 2004, and Shin-Yurigaoka instead became a stop for the Hakone and Sagami, as well as Rapid Express and Section Semi Express trains.Lines
- Odakyu Electric RailwayOdakyu 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....
Station layout
Shin Yurigaoka Station is an elevated station with three island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
s serving six tracks.