Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station

Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station
(Railway Museum Station)

鉄道博物館駅
; Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station; (Railway Museum Station); 鉄道博物館駅
	Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station in May 2021
General information
Other names	The Railway Museum Station
Location	3 Ōnari-chō, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-0852; Japan
Coordinates	35°55′13″N 139°37′05″E / 35.9202°N 139.6181°E
Operated by	Saitama New Urban Transit
Line(s)	Ina Line
Distance	1.5 km (0.93 mi) from Ōmiya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	NS02
Website	www.new-shuttle.jp/station/tetsudohakubutsukan.html
History
Opened	22 December 1983; 40 years ago
Previous names	Ōnari (until 2007)
Passengers
FY2016	4568 daily
Services
Location
	Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station (Japan)

Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station (鉄道博物館駅, Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan-eki, "The Railway Museum Station") is a passenger railway station on the New Shuttle (Ina Line) located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan, operated by the Saitama New Urban Transit Company.

Lines[edit]

Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station is served by the New Shuttle Ina Line, and is 1.5 km from the terminus of the line at Ōmiya.

Station layout[edit]

This elevated station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, located on either side of the elevated Shinkansen lines. The station building is located underneath the platforms.

Platforms[edit]

1	■ Ina Line	for Uchijuku
2	■ Ina Line	for Ōmiya

History[edit]

The station opened on 22 December 1983 as Ōnari Station (大成駅).^[1] On 14 October 2007, it was renamed Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station coinciding with opening of the nearby Railway Museum.^[1]

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 4568 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 統計いな [Saitama Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. 2018.

External links[edit]

Media related to Tetsudō-Hakubutsukan Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 204. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[SaitamaStats-2] 統計いな [Saitama Statistics] (in Japanese). Japan: Saitama Prefecture. 2018.

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