Takatsu Station (Kanagawa)

Takatsu Station 高津駅
Platforms of the station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Takatsu
Neighborhood etc.	4-chome, Futago
Postal Code	213 - 0002
(in Japanese)	川崎市高津区二子４丁目
History
Year opened	1927
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
Statistics	27,463 passengers/day
There is a bus stop near this station

Takatsu Station (高津駅, Takatsu-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tōkyū Ōimachi Line located in the Takatku, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 10.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line at Shibuya Station and 11.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkyū Ōimachi Line at Ōimachi Station.

History

Takatsu Station opened on July 15, 1927 as a station of Tamagawa Electric Railway (玉川電気鉄道, Tamagawa Denski Tetsudo). It became a station on the Ōimachi Line from July 1, 1943. In 1966, the station was rebuilt as an elevated station with the opening of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line. From 2007-2009, the platforms were rebuilt for the expansion of Ōimachi Line.

Lines

• Tokyu Corporation
  • Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
  • Tōkyū Ōimachi Line

Station layout

Takatsu Station has two elevated opposed side platforms, with four tracks, with the center two tracks used only for through traffic.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
Futako-Shinchi		Local		Mizonokuchi
Semi-Express: no stop
Express: no stop
Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
Futako-Shinchi		Local (not passing Futako-Shinchi and Takatsu)		Mizonokuchi
Local (passing Futako-Shinchi and Takatsu): no stop
Express: no stop

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Tōkyū Station Information (Japanese)