Takatsu Station (Kanagawa)

Takatsu Station 高津駅
The station platforms in August 2014
Location	4 Futago, Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa （川崎市高津区二子４丁目） Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Tokyu Oimachi Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1927

Takatsu Station (高津駅, Takatsu-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyu Oimachi Line in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Takatsu Station is served by the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Tokyu Oimachi Line, and is located 10.7 kilometers from the Tokyo terminus of the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line at Shibuya Station and 11.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Tokyu Oimachi Line at Ōimachi Station.

Station layout

Takatsu Station is an elevated station with four tracks and two elevated opposed side platforms. The two center tracks are used only for through traffic.

Platforms

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  The east entrance in November 2011
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  The west entrance in November 2011
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  Panorama of both exit gates from inside the station, August 2014

Adjacent stations

History

The station platforms in 2000, before remodeling

Takatsu Station opened on July 15, 1927, as a station on the 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 Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line. Between 2007 and 2009, the platforms were rebuilt for the expansion of Ōimachi Line.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takatsu Station (Kanagawa).

• Tokyu Station Information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°36′12″N 139°37′00″E / 35.603263°N 139.616763°E / 35.603263; 139.616763