Higashi-Totsuka Station

Higashi-Totsuka 東戸塚
File:JREast-Higashi-Totsuka Station-East Exit-2004.jpg East Exit of Higashi-Totsuka Station, November 2004
Location	692 Shinano-chō, Totsuka, Yokohama, Kanagawa （横浜市戸塚区品濃町692） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yokosuka Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1980
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	57,523 daily

Higashi-Totsuka Station (東戸塚駅, Higashi-Totsuka-eki) is a railway station in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Higashi-Totsuka Station is served by the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and the Yokosuka Line. It is located 36.7 km from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station. The station is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but trains operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line do not stop at Higashi-Totsuka.

Station layout

Higashi Totsuka Station has a single island platform with two tracks. The station buildings are built above the platforms.

The Yokosuka line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line share the same platforms. There are another two sets of tracks to the either side of the platform. One set is used for the through traffic of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and the other set is for non-stop freight trains.

Platforms

1	■Yokosuka Line	for Yokohama and Tokyo (Sōbu Main Line to Chiba and Narita Airport)
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ōmiya
2	■Yokosuka Line	for Ōfuna, Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama
	■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōfuna and Zushi

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokosuka Line
Hodogaya		Local	Totsuka
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Hodogaya		Local	Totsuka
Rapid: no stop
Special Rapid: no stop

History

Higashi Totsuka Station opened as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on October 1, 1980, after local residents had petitioned the government for a railway station for over a half century. The opening coincided with the separation of the tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line into two separate sets of tracks from Yokohama through Ofuna Station.

Surrounding area

The Aurora Mall, in front of the train station, houses Daiei and Seibu stores.

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Higashi-Totsuka Station (JR East) (Japanese)