TTKJT06JO10JS10B06 Totsuka Station 戸塚駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 East entrance, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Totsuka-chō, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 244-0003 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°24′2″N139°32′3″E / 35.40056°N 139.53417°E /35.40056; 139.53417 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 40.9 km (25.4 mi) fromTokyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | JT06, JO10, JS10, B06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 July 1887; 137 years ago (1887-07-11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 112,598 daily (JR East) 44,137 (daily, Blue Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheTotsuka Station (Japanese:戸塚駅,Japanese pronunciation:[Totsuka-eki]) is an interchange passengerrailway station located inTotsuka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East) and theYokohama City Transportation Bureau.
JR Totsuka Station is served by theTōkaidō Main Line,Yokosuka Line andShōnan-Shinjuku Line and is 40.9 kilometers fromTokyo. The undergroundBlue Line station is 7.4 kilometers from the terminus of the subway line atShōnandai.
JR Totsuka Station is a ground level station with twoisland platforms serving four tracks, with an additional set of freight tracks on the west side. The platforms are connected to the station's two gates upstairs (over the tracks) and downstairs (underground). The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Yokohama Subway station, connected with the JR underground concourse, has one underground island platform.
| 1 | JO Yokosuka Line | forYokohama,Musashi-Kosugi,Shinagawa andTokyo Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Chiba,Narita Line for Narita Airport, Uchibō Line for Kimitsu,Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya |
| ■ Narita Express | forYokohama,Tokyo,Narita Airport | |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi,Shinjuku,Ōmiya JUUtsunomiya Line forOyama, andUtsunomiya JUTakasaki Line forKagohara,Takasaki andMaebashi | |
| 2 | JT Tōkaidō Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Yokohama, Tokyo,Ueno, Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya andKuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi |
| 3 | JT Tōkaidō Line | forŌfuna,Hiratsuka,Odawara,Atami andNumazu JTItō Line forItō |
| 4 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Ōfuna,Zushi,Kamakura,Yokosuka, andKurihama |
| JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōfuna JO Yokosuka Line for Zushi JT Tōkaidō Line for Hiratsuka andOdawara |
| 1 |  Blue Line | forShōnandai |
| 2 | Blue Line | forKami-Ōoka,Kannai,Shin-Yokohama, andAzamino |
Totsuka Station was opened on July 11, 1887, as a station on theJapanese Government Railways (JGR), the predecessor to the post-warJapanese National Railways (JNR).[1] The station building was originally on the west side of the station. The east gate was added in 1937.[2] The current building over the tracks was completed on March 26, 1969.[3]
On March 15, 1930, when Yokosuka Line trains were replaced byelectric multiple units, all Tokaido Line trains ceased to stop at Totsuka Station.[4]Before the Tokaido Line and Yokosuka Line were separated and the station became a junction of the two lines on October 1, 1980, the two lines used the same tracks, but only Yokosuka Line trains stopped at Totsuka Station. The current platforms 1 and 2 did not exist, and the platform 1 (now platform 3) served the Tokyo-bound Yokosuka Line, while line 2 (now line 4) served the away-from-Tokyo direction. Additionally, the current freight lines did not exist, with the old freight lines located where the current platforms 1 and 2 are. From March 1973 when one island platform was added, there were two island platforms, with platform 2 serving the Tokyo-bound trains, and platform 3 serving the other direction.[3] The lines on platforms 1 and 4 were built, but were not used until 1980.
Originally, the station handled both passengers and freight. In 1923, a separate freight yard was completed as a part of the station to the north of the passenger platforms across the crossing withTōkaidō Highway.[5] All freight operations were discontinued from May 1970.[1] As the addition of the new freight lines claimed the land of the bus terminal in front of the station's west gate, the bus terminal was relocated to the site of the former freight yard in July 1971.[6] The bus terminal is now called the Second Bus Center and is distinguished from the larger Bus Center beside the Totsukana building on the same side of the station.
With theprivatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.[1] Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains andNarita Express limited express services began stopping at Totsuka Station from December 1, 2001.
The timetable was revised on March 18, 2007, so that Tokaido LineActy rapid trains all stopped at this station. This resolved the confusing situation that existed before, when the Shonan-Shinjuku Line rapid and special rapid trains stopped at the station, but Tokaido LineActy services did not. Before the change, it was also the only station for changing trains at which theActy did not stop. As before, the Tokaido Line commuter rapid still do not stop at this station.
The Blue Line of the Yokohama Subway connected to Totsuka Station on 24 May 1987 with temporary facilities. The permanent subway station was opened on 27 August 1989.[7]
At 05:42 on December 15, 1923, local passenger train No. 21 toShimonoseki collided with the locomotive and a wagon of freight train No. 603, which was blocking the main line. Two locomotives and two wagons were overturned. As a result, the driver of train No. 603 was killed instantly and three passengers were slightly injured. The cause of the accident was asignalman's carelessness according to the official record of the railway.[8]
At 09:52 on July 27, 1939, about 500 workers of a nearbyNippon Kōgaku factory entered the track near the station to see off a colleague. The semi-express train No. 221 toNumazu hit some of them, killing eight and injuring seven.[9][10]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 112,598 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[11] In fiscal 2019, the Yokohama Municipal Subway station was used by an average of 44,137 passengers per day (boarding passengers only), making it the second busiest station on the Blue Line (after Yokohama)[12]
The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | JR East | Blue Line | |
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| 2005 | 101,458 | 37,020 | [13] |
| 2010 | 105,662 | 41,314 | [14] |
| 2015 | 110,797 | 44,016 | [15] |
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