Tokaidaigaku-mae Station
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is a railway station
on the Odakyu Electric Railway
’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan
. The station is 57.0 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal
at Shinjuku Station
. As its name implies, the station is located in close proximity to the Hadano campus of Tōkai University
with normal and 6-car limited express services as . It was given its present name on March 9, 1987, and the current station building was completed the same year. A memorial monument outside the station commemorates the original name.
s with two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass
. The station building is constructed on a cantilever above and at a right angle to the platforms and tracks.
Train station
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on the Odakyu Electric Railway
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....
’s Odakyu Odawara Line in the city of Hadano
Hadano, Kanagawa
is a city in west-central Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2010, Hadano has an estimated population of 170,293 and a population density of 1,640 persons per km²; it had a total area of 103.61 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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. The station is 57.0 rail kilometers from the line’s terminal
Terminal Station
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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,...
. As its name implies, the station is located in close proximity to the Hadano campus of Tōkai University
Tokai University
is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1943 by Shigeyoshi Matsumae, who had formerly been the engineering president of the Ministry of Communications...
Station history
Tōkaidaigaku-mae Station was opened on April 1, 1927 on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the 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....
with normal and 6-car limited express services as . It was given its present name on March 9, 1987, and the current station building was completed the same year. A memorial monument outside the station commemorates the original name.
Building
Tōkaidaigaku-mae Station has two opposed side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s with two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass
Overpass
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway...
. The station building is constructed on a cantilever above and at a right angle to the platforms and tracks.