is a passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Compa ...

Lines

Tsurukawa Station is served by the 82.5 km

Odakyu Odawara Line , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company ...

from in Tokyo to in

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, and lies from the Shinjuku terminus. Some services inter-run to and from on the

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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 platform ...

and one

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, serving a total of three tracks, with the platforms connected by a footbridge. File:OER Tsurukawa Sta Northview.jpg, North entrance, May 2010 File:OER Tsurukawa Sta Southview.jpg, South entrance, May 2010

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 April 1927. Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Tsurukawa being assigned station number OH25.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 68,992 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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* Kokushikan University (Tsurukawa Campus)

References

External links

Odakyu station information
{{Odakyu Odawara Line Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Stations of Odakyu Electric Railway Machida, Tokyo