Minami-Nagareyama Station

Minami-Nagareyama Station 南流山駅
Station entrance, January 2008
Location
Prefecture	Chiba (See other stations in Chiba)
City	Nagareyama
Neighborhood etc.	Minami-Nagareyama
(in Japanese)	千葉県流山市南流山
History
Year opened	1973
Rail services
Station number(s)	10 (TX)
Operator(s)	JR East Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	Musashino Line Tsukuba Express
There is a bus stop near this station

Minami-Nagareyama Station (南流山駅, Minami-Nagareyama-eki^?) is a railway station in Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, operated by both East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company.

Lines

Minami-Nagareyama Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line, which runs between Fuchū-Hommachi and Tokyo, and by the Tsukuba Express line, which runs from Akihabara in Tokyo and Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. The station is number 10 on the Tsukuba Express line.

Station layout

JR East

Musashino Line platforms, June 2008

The JR East station consists of two elevated side platforms serving two tracks, with a bi-directional centre track used for freight services.

Platforms

1	■Musashino Line	for Minami-Koshigaya, Musashi-Urawa, and Fuchū-Hommachi
2	■Musashino Line	for Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari

Tsukuba Express

Tsukuba Express platforms, January 2008

The Tsukuba Express station consists of an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms were approximately 125 m long when built, to accommodate 6-car trains.^[1]

Platforms

1	■Tsukuba Express	for Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori, Moriya, and Tsukuba
2	■Tsukuba Express	for Misato-chūō, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara

Track diagram showing connections between Musashino Line and Joban Line east of Minami-Nagareyama Station

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Musashino Line
Misato		Local	Shin-Matsudo
Tsukuba Express
Misato-chūō		Local	Nagareyama-centralpark
Misato-chūō		Semi Rapid	Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori
Kita-Senju		Rapid	Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori

History

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 are scheduled to be lengthened by 40 m in either direction by autumn 2012 to allow the train stopping positions to be offset, thus reducing platform crowding during peak periods.^[1]

Surrounding area

• Toyo Gakuen University Nagareyama Campus

See also

Media related to Minami-Nagareyama Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "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]" (in Japanese) (pdf). Tsukuba Express News Release. Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 11 January 2011. https://www.mir.co.jp/uploads/20110112085747.pdf. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
2. ^ "JR East station information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1495. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 

External links

• JR East Minami-Nagareyama Station
• Tsukuba Express Minami-Nagareyama Station

Coordinates: 35°50′17.8440″N 139°54′12.6648″E / 35.83829°N 139.903518°E / 35.83829; 139.903518