Minami-Nagareyama Station
Minami-Nagareyama Station 南流山駅 | |||||
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| Location | Minami-Nagareyama, Nagareyama-shi, Chiba-ken 270-0163 Japan | ||||
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Minami-Nagareyama Station (南流山駅, Minami-Nagareyama-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, operated by both East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operating company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. The station is number 10 on the Tsukuba Express line.
Lines
[edit]Minami-Nagareyama Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line, which runs between Fuchūhommachi and Tokyo, and by the Tsukuba Express line, which runs from Akihabara in Tokyo and Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is located 55.4 kilometers (34.4 mi) from Fuchūhommachi Station on the Musashino Line, and 22.1 kilometers (13.7 mi) from Akihabara Station on the Tsukuba Express.
Station layout
[edit]JR East
[edit]JM16 Minami-Nagareyama Station 南流山駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 JR East station building (south exit), May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1–25 Minami-Nagareyama, Nagareyama-shi, Chiba-ken 270-0163 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°50′17.84″N 139°54′12.66″E / 35.8382889°N 139.9035167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JM Musashino Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 27,395 daily | |||||||||||||||
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The JR East station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with a bi-directional centre track used for freight services. The station building is located underneath the platforms.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | JM Musashino Line | for Minami-Koshigaya, Musashi-Urawa, and Fuchūhommachi |
| 2 | JM Musashino Line | for Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari |
Tsukuba Express
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| Tsukuba Express station (underground) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tsukuba Express Line Station building (A1 exit), May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2–1 Minami-Nagareyama, Nagareyama-shi, Chiba-ken 270-0163 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Tsukuba Express | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | TX10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 27,754 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tsukuba Express station consists of an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms were approximately 125 m (410 ft) long when built, to accommodate 6-car trains.[1]
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Tsukuba Express | for Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori, Moriya, and Tsukuba |
| 2 | ■ Tsukuba Express | for Misato-chūō, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara |
History
[edit]Minami-Nagareyama Station opened on 1 April 1973.[2]
The Tsukuba Express station opened on 24 August 2005, coinciding with the opening of the line.
The Tsukuba Express platforms were lengthened by 40 m (131 ft) in either direction on 23 September 2012 to allow the train stopping positions to be offset, thus reducing platform crowding during peak periods.[3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 35,517 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The Tsukuba Express portion of the station was used by 37,560 passengers during the same period.[5]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Toyo Gakuen University Nagareyama Campus
- Nagareyama Post Office
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ３編成１８両の車両増強と南流山駅ホーム改良計画について [Details of new build of 3 trainsets and platform improvements at Minami-Nagareyama Station] (PDF). Tsukuba Express News Release (in Japanese). Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "JR East station information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "駅の改良工事が完了!!混雑緩和と利便性向上を図ります。 ① 南流山駅ホーム延伸による列車停止位置変更 ② 秋葉原駅の出入口増設" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). 首都圏新都市鉄道. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "つくばエクスプレス乗車人員". Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
External links
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Media related to Minami-Nagareyama Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Minami-Nagareyama Station (in English)
- TX Minami-Nagareyama Station (in English)