is a passenger

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located in

Izumi-ku, Yokohama is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2010 the ward had an estimated population of 155,674 and a density of 6,620 persons per km². The total area was 23.51 km². Geography Izumi Ward is located i ...

, Japan, operated by the

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operator

Sagami Railway The , or , is a private railway company operating three lines in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of holding company Sōtetsu Holdings, Inc. Sōtetsu Holdings is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; 6.58% of it is own ...

(Sotetsu).

Lines

Ryokuentoshi Station is served by the

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, and lies 3.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at

Futamata-gawa Station is a junction passenger railway station located in Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Sagami Railway (Sotetsu). Lines Futamata-gawa Station is served by the Sōtetsu Main Line and Sōtetsu ...

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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, with an elevated station building.

Platforms

History

Ryokuentoshi Station was opened on April 8, 1976.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 25,276 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Nakaman Gakuin Ryokuen City School * Sotetsu Cultural Center *

Ferris University is a private women's college in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a part of . The predecessor of the school was founded by American Presbyterian missionaries in 1870 with the assistance of James Curtis Hepburn, primarily to teach the Englis ...

(Ryokuen campus)

References

External links

Official home page
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