Toda Station (Saitama)

Toda Station (戸田駅, Toda-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

JA19
Toda Station

戸田駅
East entrance, September 2012
LocationNiizo, Toda-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県戸田市大字新曽）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JA Saikyō Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1985
Passengers
FY201418,046 daily

Lines

Toda Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 12.3 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "vermillion".[2]

Station layout
West side of the station, January 2006

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]

Platforms
1 JA Saikyō Line for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki
R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
2 JA Saikyō Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe

An arrangement of the Toda City song has been used as the departure melody for trains departing from the up platform (platform 1) since 1 August 2007.[3]

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Saikyō Line JA19
Commuter rapid: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toda-Kōen JA18   Local   Kita-Toda JA20

History

Toda Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 18,046 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200014,236[5]
200515,746[6]
201016,811[7]
201116,985[8]

Surrounding area
"Toco" community bus in front of Toda Station, September 2007

East side
  • Toda City Office
  • Toda Civic Cultural Hall
  • Ushiroya Park
  • Warabi Police Station
  • Warabi Post Office
  • Kami-Toda Post Office

West side
  • Toda Municipal Library
  • Toda Civic Folk Museum
  • Toda Civic Sports Centre
  • Toda Fire Station
  • Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School[9]
  • Toda Municipal Niizo Junior High School
  • Toda Municipal Niizo Kita Elementary School

See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（戸田駅） [Station Information: Toda Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１２巻　東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 17–52. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
  3. 戸田市歌「ああ　わが戸田市」の発車メロディーが駅で流れます！ [Toda City Song used as station departure melody]. Official website (in Japanese). Japan: Toda City. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  9. Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School website. Retrieved 30 October 2012. (in Japanese)

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