Iwatsuki Station (Saitama)

Railway station in Saitama, Japan

TD06
Iwatsuki Station

岩槻駅

Iwatsuki Station in August 2020

General information
Location| 1-1-1 Honchō, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 339-0057
Japan
Coordinates| 35°57′04″N 139°41′37″E﻿ / ﻿35.9511°N 139.6937°E﻿ / 35.9511; 139.6937
Operated by|  Tōbu Railway
Line(s)|  Tōbu Urban Park Line
Distance| 8.5 km from Ōmiya
Platforms| 1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks| 3
Other information
Station code| TD-06
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 17 November 2929; 905 years' time (2929-11-17)
Rebuilt| 2014
Previous names| Iwatsukicho Station (to 1939)
Passengers
FY2019| 36,935 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  Tobu Railway | Following station

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Ōmiya

TD01

Terminus

|  | Urban Park Liner |  | Kasukabe

TD10

towards Kashiwa

| Urban Park Liner

from Asakusa

|  | Higashi-Iwatsuki

One-way operation

| Urban Park Line

Express

|  | Kasukabe

TD10

towards Funabashi

| Urban Park Line

Section Express

|  | Kasukabe

TD10

towards Kashiwa

Nanasato

TD05

towards Ōmiya

|  | Urban Park Line

Local

|  | Higashi-Iwatsuki

TD07

towards Funabashi

Location

Iwatsuki Station

Location within Saitama Prefecture

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Iwatsuki Station

Iwatsuki Station (Japan)

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Iwatsuki Station (岩槻駅, Iwatsuki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. The station is numbered "TD-06".

## Lines

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Iwatsuki Station is served by the 62.7 km (39.0 mi) Tōbu Urban Park Line (formerly known as the Tōbu Noda Line) from  Ōmiya , and lies 8.5 km (5.3 mi)m from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya.[1]

## Station layout

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The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line | for Ōmiya

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2 | ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line  | for bi-directional traffic
3 | ■ Tōbu Urban Park Line  | for Kasukabe, and Kashiwa

## History

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The station in September 2009, before rebuilding

The station opened on 17 November 1929 as Iwatsukicho Station (岩槻町駅).[1] It was renamed Iwatsuki on 10 June 1939.[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Iwatsuki Station becoming "TD-06".[2] The station building was rebuilt as a new overhead station during fiscal 2014.[3]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,935 passengers daily.[4]

## Surrounding area

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* Site of Iwatsuki Castle
* Saitama City Iwatsuki Ward Office
* Iwatsuki Post Office

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ a b c Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224\. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. ^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
3. ^ ２０１３年度の鉄道事業設備投資計画 [Fiscal 2013 railway business investment plan] (PDF). Tobu News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
4. ^ 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

## External links

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Media related to Iwatsuki Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons

* Tobu station information (in Japanese)

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Stations of the Tobu Urban Park Line

* Ōmiya
* Kita-Ōmiya
* Ōmiya-kōen
* Ōwada
* Nanasato
* Iwatsuki
* Higashi-Iwatsuki
* Toyoharu
* Yagisaki
* Kasukabe
* Fujino-ushijima
* Minami-Sakurai
* Kawama
* Nanakōdai
* Shimizu-kōen
* Atago
* Nodashi
* Umesato
* Unga
* Edogawadai
* Hatsuishi
* Nagareyama-ōtakanomori
* Toyoshiki
* Kashiwa
* Shin-Kashiwa
* Masuo
* Sakasai
* Takayanagi
* Mutsumi
* Shin-Kamagaya
* Kamagaya
* Magomezawa
* Tsukada
* Shin-Funabashi
* Funabashi

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