Higashi-Totsuka Station (東戸塚駅, Higashi-Totsuka-eki?) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line located in Totsuka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 36.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station. The station is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but currently trains operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line do not stop at Higashi-Totsuka.
[edit] History
Higashi Totsuka Station was opened as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR) on October 1, 1980 after local residents had petitioned the government for a railway station for over a half century. The opening coincided with the separation of the tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line & Yokosuka Line into two separate sets of tracks from Yokohama through Ofuna Station.
[edit] Station layout
Higashi Totsuka Station has a single island platform with two tracks. The station buildings are built above the platforms. The Yokosuka line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line share the same platforms. There are another two sets of tracks to the either side of the platform. One set is used for the trough traffic of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the other set is for through passage of freight trains.
[edit] Platforms
[edit] Surrounding area
The residential area is growing. The Aurora Mall, in front of the train station, houses Daiei and Seibu stores.
[edit] Adjacent stations
| « |
Service |
» |
| Yokosuka Line |
| Hodogaya |
Local |
Totsuka |
| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
| Hodogaya |
Local |
Totsuka |
| Rapid: no stop |
| Special Rapid: no stop |
[edit] References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 35°25′48″N 139°33′24″E / 35.43°N 139.55667°E / 35.43; 139.55667
There is a bus stop near this station
