Takatsu Station (高津駅, Takatsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Tokyu Corporation.

DT09 Takatsu Station 高津駅
The station platforms in August 2014
General information
Location	4 Futago, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 213-0002 Japan
Coordinates	35.603263°N 139.616763°E / 35.603263; 139.616763
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line OM Tōkyū Ōimachi Line
Distance	10.7 km from Shibuya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	DT09
Website	Official website
History
Opened	July 15, 1927
Passengers
FY2019	32,388
Location
Takatsu Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Show map of Kanagawa Prefecture Takatsu Station Takatsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Takatsu Station is served by the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line from Shibuya in Tokyo to Chūō-Rinkan in Kanagawa Prefecture, and by the Tōkyū Ōimachi Line. It is 10.7 kilometers from the starting point of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line at Shibuya and 11.7 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkyū Ōimachi Line at Ōimachi Station..

Station layout

The station consists of four tracks and two elevated opposed side platforms and an elevated station. 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

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. ^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 32,388 passengers daily.[1]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

• Teikyo University Mizoguchi Hospital
• Japan National Route 409
• Kawasaki City Takatsu Library
• Kawasaki City Takatsu Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Takatsu Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)