Kita-Toda Station

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Kita-Toda Station
北戸田駅
File:JR kita-toda sta.JPG
West entrance of the station, September 2007
Location Niizo, Toda, Saitama
(埼玉県戸田市大字新曽)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Saikyō Line
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  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011) 17,133 daily

Kita-Toda Station (北戸田駅 Kita-Toda-eki?) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Kita-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 13.7 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "orange".[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]

Platforms

1  Saikyō Line for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki
Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
2  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]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Saikyō Line
Commuter rapid: no stop
Rapid: no stop
Toda   Local   Musashi-Urawa

History

Kita-Toda Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 17,133 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 14,125[5]
2005 14,505[6]
2010 16,583[7]
2011 17,133[4]

Surrounding area

File:KitatodaEki2006-12.jpg
West side of the station, December 2006

Schools

  • Saitama Prefectural Nanryo High School[8]
  • Saitama Municipal Urawa Minami High School[9]
  • Saitama Municipal Tsuji Elementary School[10]
  • Toda Municipal Ashihara Elementary School[11]

See also

References

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  8. Saitama Prefectural Nanryo High School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (Japanese)
  9. Saitama Municipal Urawa Minami High School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (Japanese)
  10. Saitama Municipal Tsuji Elementary School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (Japanese)
  11. Toda Municipal Ashihara Elementary School website Retrieved 30 October 2012. (Japanese)

External links

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