is a passenger

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the private railway operator

Tōbu Railway is a Japanese commuter railway and '' keiretsu'' holding company in the Greater Tokyo Area as well as an intercity and regional operator in the Kantō region. Excluding the Japan Railways Group companies, Tobu's rail system is the second lon ...

. The station is numbered "TD-28".

Lines

Takayanagi Station is served by the

Tōbu Urban Park Line The , formally known as the , is a long railway line in Saitama and Chiba Prefectures operated by the Japanese private railway company Tobu Railway. It connects the satellite cities of Tokyo, such as Saitama, Kasukabe, Noda, Nagareyama, ...

(also known as the Tōbu Noda Line), and lies from the western terminus of the line at Ōmiya Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s connected by a footbridge. Originally, these platforms were

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, but they were converted to island platforms, with construction occurring between 2016 and 2020.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 27 December 1923. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Takayanagi Station becoming "TD-28".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,701 passengers daily.駅情報（乗降人員）
- Tobu Railway official home page

Surrounding area

*JMSDF

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References

External links

Tobu Railway Station information
{{Tobu Urban Park Line Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1923 Tobu Noda Line Stations of Tobu Railway Kashiwa