is a passenger

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located in the western area of the city of Fujisawa,

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, operated by the

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(JR East).

Lines

Tsujidō Station is served by the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

, with some through services via the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line. The station is 54.8 km from Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists one

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, serving two tracks with an elevatedstation building above the platform. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. File:Tsujido Station south exit - 2023 July 1 various 16 29 11 913000.jpeg, Tsujidō Station south entrance File:Tsujido station platforms 2023 Jul 01 04PM.jpeg, The platforms

Platforms

History

Tsujido Station opened on 1 December 1916. With the dissolution and

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of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 59,409 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Terracemall Shonan North Bus Terminal Side

North Exit

* Terrace Mall Shonan shopping mall *

South Exit

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* * Shirahama Special Needs SchoolShirahama Special Needs School official website

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002)

External links

Tsujidō Station information
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