JA17 Ukimafunado Station 浮間舟渡駅 | |||||||||||
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 Ukimafunado Station, February 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 4 Ukima,Kita,Tokyo （東京都北区浮間4丁目） Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
| Line | JASaikyō Line | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 30 September 1985 | ||||||||||
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| FY2011 | 19,463 daily | ||||||||||
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Ukimafunado Station (浮間舟渡駅,Ukimafunado-eki) is a railway station on theSaikyō Line inKita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Ukimafunado Station is served by theSaikyō Line which runs betweenŌsaki in Tokyo andŌmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward toKawagoe via theKawagoe Line and southward toShin-Kiba via the TWRRinkai Line. The station is located 8.6 km north of Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "tokiwa green".[2]
The station name is taken from the Ukima and Funado districts in which the station lies.[2]
Under the JR fare calculation system, this station is the northern boundary station of the "Tokyo 23 Districts" area.
The station consists of one elevatedisland platform serving two tracks. The tracks of theTōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]
| 1 | JA Saikyō Line | forAkabane,Shinjuku, andŌsaki RRinkai Line forShin-Kiba |
| 2 | JA Saikyō Line | forMusashi-Urawa,Ōmiya, andKawagoe |
Ukimafunado Station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 19,463 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 16,488[4] |
| 2005 | 18,420[5] |
| 2010 | 19,546[6] |
| 2011 | 19,463[3] |
35°47′28.27″N139°41′28.80″E / 35.7911861°N 139.6913333°E /35.7911861; 139.6913333
