JA17 Ukimafunado Station 浮間舟渡駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 4 Ukima,
Kita,
Tokyo (東京都北区浮間4丁目) Japan | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JA Saikyō Line | ||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||
Opened | 30 September 1985 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2011 | 19,463 daily | ||||||||||
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Ukimafunado Station (浮間舟渡駅, Ukimafunado-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). [1]
Ukimafunado Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 8.6 km north of Ikebukuro Station. [2] The station identification colour is "tokiwa green". [2]
The station name is taken from the Ukima and Funado districts in which the station lies. [2]
Under the JR fare calculation system, this station is the northern boundary station of the "Tokyo 23 Districts" area.
The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side. [2]
1 | JA Saikyō Line | for
Akabane,
Shinjuku, and
Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe |
Ukimafunado Station opened on 30 September 1985. [2]
In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 19,463 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2000 | 16,488 [4] |
2005 | 18,420 [5] |
2010 | 19,546 [6] |
2011 | 19,463 [3] |