Kitami Station (Tokyo)

Kitami Station 喜多見駅
General information
Location	Setagaya, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Odakyu Odawara Line
History
Opened	1927
Passengers
FY2020	34,207[1]
Services
Preceding station Odakyu Following station Komae towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Seijōgakuen-Mae towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara

Kitami Station (喜多見駅; Kitami-eki) is a minor stop on the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line straddling the border between Setagaya Ward and Komae City in Tokyo, Japan. It is the 14th station, about 12.7 km (7.9 mi), from Shinjuku Station. It was used by an average of about 32,000 passengers daily in 2005. It is serviced by local service trains; all other trains bypass the station.

Layout

The new station consists of two elevated side platforms and four tracks. Express trains typically bypass the station on the two innermost tracks while local trains typically stop at the station on the two outermost tracks. Kitami station's facilities are located on the ground floor. There are commercial and food establishments under the train tracks on either side of the concourse.

History

Kitami Station was opened on 1 April 1927.

Throughout the 1990s it was extensively redeveloped as part of the Odakyu Line's track doubling project. Previous to the redevelopment, the platforms were on ground level and linked by an overhead bridge.

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Kitami being assigned station number OH15.[2][3]

Surroundings

The station lies in a residential area. There is a koban immediately outside the North Exit and a supermarket to the south. A neighbourhood shopping street stretches south. The Odakyu Railway's Kitami train depot lies to the east, alongside the Nogawa river.

There is a Catholic church to the north of the station. It was built in the early 20th century by Tsurumatsu Toshimitsu, the founder of Odakyu, for his daughter.

The name of the area, Kitami, is thought to originate from an ancient Ainu word meaning "flat, wooded place".

References

1. "喜多見駅のご案内｜小田急電鉄".
2. "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
3. Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

35.6366°N 139.5871°E / 35.6366; 139.5871