Mizonokuchi Station

Mizonokuchi Station 溝の口駅
Platforms
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Kawasaki
Ward	Takatsu
Neighborhood etc.	Mizonokuchi 2-1-1
Postal Code	213 - 0001
(in Japanese)	川崎市高津区溝口二丁目1-1
History
Year opened	1966
Rail services
Operator(s)	Tokyu Corporation
Line(s)	Den-en-toshi Line Ōimachi Line
Statistics	174,199 passengers/day 2008

Mizonokuchi Station (溝の口駅, Mizonokuchi-eki^?) is an interchange railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tōkyū Ōimachi Linelocated in the Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 11.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line at Shibuya Station and is a terminal station for the Tōkyū Ōimachi Line. Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station on the JR Nambu Line is located adjacent to it.

History

Mizonokuchi Station was opened on July 15, 1927 as a station of Tamagawa Electric Railway (玉川電気鉄道, Tamagawa Denski Tetsudo^?). It became a station on the Tōkyū Ōimachi Line from January 20, 1966, and from April 1 of the same year as a station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line. Initially built with a single side platform, the station was expanded in 1992 to have four tracks and two island platforms.

Lines

• Tokyu Corporation
  • Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
  • Tōkyū Ōimachi Line

Station layout

Mizonokuchi Station has two opposed elevated island platforms serving four tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by underpasses.

Platforms

1	■Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line	Nagatsuta・Chūō-Rinkan
2	■Tōkyū Ōimachi Line	siding
3	■Tōkyū Ōimachi Line	Futako-Tamagawa・Oimachi・Jiyūgaoka
4	■Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line	Futako-Tamagawa・Shibuya・Oshiage (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)・Kasukabe (Tōbu Isesaki Line)

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line
Takatsu		Local	Kajigaya
Futako-Tamagawa		Express	Saginuma

References

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

External links

• Tokyu Corp station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°36′00″N 139°36′38″E / 35.6000287°N 139.6106315°E / 35.6000287; 139.6106315