Tsunashima Station

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Tsunashima Station
綱島駅
Tsunashimastationeastside.jpg
East Exit of Tsunashima Station
Location
Prefecture Kanagawa
(See other stations in Kanagawa)
City Yokohama
Ward Kōhoku
Neighborhood etc. Tsunashima 1-1-8
Postal Code 223 - 0053
(in Japanese) 横浜市港北区綱島西一丁目1-8
History
Year opened 1926
Former name Tsunashima-Onsen Station
Present name since 1944
Rail services
Operator(s) Tokyu Corporation
Line(s) Tōyoko Line
Statistics 99,302 passengers/day 2008
Aiga bus inv.svg There is a bus stop near this station

Tsunashima Station (綱島駅 Tsunashima-eki?) is a railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line located in located in Kōhoku Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 15.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōyoko Line at Shibuya Station.

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[edit] History

Tsunashima Station opened as one of the original Tōyoko Line stations on February 14, 1926, under the name Tsunashima-Onsen Station (綱島温泉駅 Tsunashima-Onsen-eki?). It was renamed to its present name on October 20, 1944. The station was rebuilt and tracks were elevated in November 1963 and the station building was refurbished in 2001, with a new North Exi and see-through ticket gates at the main entrance, as well as new escalators and elevators.

[edit] Lines

This station is served by following line:

[edit] Services

The typical weekday hourly off-peak service is:

  • 12 trains to Shibuya, of which:
    • 4 are Express (Hiyoshi, Musashi-Kosugi, Tamagawa, Den-en-chōfu, Jiyūgaoka, Gakugeidaigaku, Naka-Meguro, Shibuya)
    • 8 are Local (Most of these are overtaken by faster trains at Jiyūgaoka)
  • 2 Local trains to Kita-Senju on the Hibiya Line (passengers can take other trains to Naka-Meguro and change there)
  • 4 Express trains to Motomachi-Chūkagai on the Minatomirai Line (Kikuna, Yokohama, Minatomirai, then all stations)
  • 10 Local trains to Kikuna, of which:
    • 8 continue to Motomachi-Chūkagai (most of these are overtaken by faster trains at Kikuna)

[edit] Station layout

Tsunashima Station has two elevated opposed side platforms, with the station building and bus terminal underneath.

1 Tōkyū Tōyoko Line KikunaYokohama ・(Minatomirai Line) Motomachi-Chūkagai}}
2 Tōkyū Tōyoko Line Musashi-KosugiJiyūgaokaShibuya・(Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) Kita-Senju

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkyu Tōyoko Line
Hiyoshi   Local   Ōkurayama
Hiyoshi   Express   Kikuna
Commuter Exp.: no stop
Limited Exp.: 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°32′12.91″N 139°38′05.32″E / 35.5369194°N 139.6348111°E / 35.5369194; 139.6348111


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