is a railway station on the
Keio Line in
Setagaya, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...
, Japan, operated by the private railway operator
Keio Corporation
() is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries.
The name is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railw ...
.
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The station is named after the nearby Roka Kōshun-en, a park to commemorate Japanese novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
Roka Tokutomi
The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國 陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...
(1868-1927). The park is located approximately one kilometer south of the station. Despite the name, Hachimanyama Station
is a railway station on the Keio Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.
Station
The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks. There are also two outer tracks use ...
is marginally closer to the park itself.
Station layout
This station has two ground-level side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s serving two tracks.
Platforms
History
The station opened on April 15, 1913, initially named .
References
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Keio Line
Stations of Keio Corporation
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913