Keio Yomiuri Land Railway Station

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Keiō-Yomiuri Land ( 京 王 よ み う り ラ ン ド )
Keio-Yomiuri-land-Sta 2018 6 17.jpg
South entrance of the station (June 2018)
Data
Location in the network Through station
Platform tracks 2
abbreviation KO37
opening April 1, 1971
location
City / municipality Inagi
prefecture Tokyo
Country Japan
Coordinates 35 ° 37 '59 "  N , 139 ° 31' 2"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 37 '59 "  N , 139 ° 31' 2"  E
Height ( SO ) 37  m  TP
Railway lines

Keiō Dentetsu

Yomiuriland

  • Sky Shuttle (gondola lift)
List of train stations in Japan
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The station Keiō-Yomiuri-Land ( Japanese. 京 王 よ み う り ラ ン ド 駅 , Keiō-Yomiuri-Rando-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Honshū . It is operated by the Keiō Dentetsu railway company and is located in Tokyo Prefecture in the Inagi city ​​area . It is named after Yomiuriland , a well-known amusement park nearby.

description

Keiō-Yomiuri-Land is a through station on the Keiō Sagamihara Line , which connects Chōfu with Hashimoto and is operated by the Keiō Dentetsu railway company . Trains run from Hashimoto from either Shinjuku or be there for the Toei Shinjuku Line of the Tokyo subway by bound . Six trains per hour are offered during the day and up to nine trains per hour during rush hour. Local and express trains alternate with each other.

The Sky Shuttle (Japanese ス カ イ シ ャ ト ル , Sukaishatoru ) connects the station forecourt with the main entrance of the Yomiuriland theme park . This gondola lift , built by the South Tyrolean company Leitner AG , has eight cabins and overcomes a height difference of 44 meters over a length of 883 meters. The station is also served by three bus routes operated by Odakyū Bus , Odakyū City Bus and i Bus . Halfway between the train station and the amusement park is the Yomiuri Giants Stadium, the public training center of the professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants .

The station is located in the Yanokuchi district on a dam in the middle of a mixed residential and commercial zone (including the headquarters of Korg ). The facility, which is oriented from east to west, has two tracks on partially covered side platforms . The embankment would be wide enough for two more tracks. However, expansion is no longer possible, as the platforms have meanwhile been extended to accommodate trains with ten cars.

In the 2018 fiscal year, an average of 14,233 passengers used the station every day.

Tracks

1 ▉  Keiō Sagamihara lineage Tama Center • Hashimoto
2 ▉  Keiō Sagamihara lineage Chofu • Meidaimae • Shinjuku

history

Platforms
Sky shuttle

On April 1, 1971, the railway company Keiō Teito Dentetsu (today's Keiō Dentetsu ) extended the Keiō Sagamihara line from Keiō-Tamagawa to here. The train station was the western terminus for a little over three years until the opening of the section to Tama-Center on December 18, 1974.

Simultaneously with the station went on April 1, 1971 also the Sky Road (Japanese ス カ イ ロ ー ド , Sukairōdo ), a moving walkway up to the Yomiuri Giants Stadium, from where you could walk to the amusement park. It was in operation for 28 years and was replaced by the Sky Shuttle on March 21, 1999 .

Adjacent train stations

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 Lines
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Keiō-Inadazutsumi Sagamihara line Keiō Sagamihara line
Keiō Dentetsu 		Inagi

Web links

Commons : Keiō-Yomiuri-Land Station  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TCD8 Yomiuri Land. Remontées mécaniques, 2020, accessed April 7, 2020 (French).
  2. ↑ 読 売 ジ ャ イ ア ン ツ 球場 ア ク セ ス. Yomiuri Giants , accessed April 7, 2020 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 1 日 の 駅 別 乗 降 人員. Keiō Dentetsu , 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ Keiō Dentetsu (Ed.): 京 王 ハ ン ド ブ ッ ク 2016 . (Keiō Handbook 2016). Tama 2016.