Totsuka Station

Totsuka Station 戸塚駅
East entrance
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yokohama
Ward	Totsuka
Neighborhood etc.	Totsuka-chō
Postal Code	244-0003
(in Japanese)	神奈川県横浜市戸塚区戸塚町
History
Year opened	1887
Rail services
Operator(s)	East Japan Railway Company Yokohama City Transportation Bureau
Line(s)	JR East Tōkaidō Main Line Yokosuka Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Narita Express Yokohama City Blue Line
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Totsuka Station (戸塚駅, Totsuka-eki) is a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company located in Totsuka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and is 40.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkaidō Main Line at Tokyo Station.

History

Totsuka Station was opened on July 11, 1887 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the predecessor to the post-war Japan National Railway (JNR). All freight operations were discontinued from May 1970. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. The Blue Line of the Yokohama Subway connected to Totsuka Station from May 24, 1987, and the underground platforms were lengthed in 1989. Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains began stopping at Totsuka Station from December 1, 2001.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Yokosuka Line
  • Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
• Yokohama Municipal Subway
  • Blue Line (B06)

Station layout

JR Totsuka Station is an elevated station with two island platform serving four tracks, with an additional set of tracks to either side to permit the through passage of freight trains. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The Yokohama Subway station has one underground island platform.

JR platforms

1	■Yokosuka Line	Yokohama ・ Tokyo ・ Sōbu Line (Rapid) to Chiba ・ Narita Airport
	■Narita Express	Tokyo・Narita Airport
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	Shibuya ・Shinjuku ・Ōmiya
2	■Tōkaidō Line	Yokohama ・ Kawasaki・ Tokyo
3	■Tōkaidō Line	Ōfuna・ Odawara ・ Atami・ Shizuoka
4	■Yokosuka Line	Ōfuna・ Zushi ・ Kamakura ・ Yokosuka ・ Kurihama
	■Narita Express	Ōfuna・ Odawara ・
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	Yokosuka Line to Zushi・ Tōkaidō Line to Hiratsuka ・Odawara

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkaidō Main Line
Yokohama		Local	Ōfuna
Yokohama		Rapid Acty	Ōfuna
Commuter Rapid: no stop
Yokosuka Line
Higashi-Totsuka		Local	Ōfuna
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Higashi-Totsuka		Local	Ōfuna
Yokohama		Rapid	Ōfuna
Yokohama		Special Rapid	Ōfuna
Yokohama Subway Blue Line (B06)
Odoriba (B05)		-	Maioka (B07)

References

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

External links

• (Japanese) JR Totsuka Station
• (Japanese) Yokohama Subway Totsuka Station