Roka-kōen Station
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Chitose-karasuyama KO12 towards Keiō-hachiōji | Keiō Line Local | Hachimanyama KO10 towards Shinjuku |
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Roka-kōen Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of TokyoRoka-kōen Station Roka-kōen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Roka-kōen Station (芦花公園駅, Roka-kōen-eki) is a railway station on the Keio Line in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.[1]
The station is named after the nearby Roka Kōshun-en, a park to commemorate Japanese novelist Roka Tokutomi (1868-1927). The park is located approximately one kilometer south of the station. Despite the name, Hachimanyama Station is marginally closer to the park itself.
Station layout
This station has two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.
Platforms
1 | KO Keiō Line | for Chōfu and Keiō-Hachiōji KO Keiō Sagamihara Line for Hashimoto (via Chōfu) KO Keiō Takao Line for Takaosanguchi (via Kitano) |
2 | KO Keiō Line | for Meidaimae, Sasazuka, and Shinjuku KO Keiō New Line for Shinjuku S Toei Shinjuku Line for Moto-Yawata |
History
The station opened on April 15, 1913, initially named Kami-Takaido Station (上高井戸駅).[2] It was renamed on September 1, 1937.[2]
References
- ^ Keio Railway Map
- ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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- Shinjuku
- Hatsudai
- Hatagaya
- Sasazuka
- Daitabashi
- Meidaimae
- Shimo-takaido
- Sakurajōsui
- Kami-kitazawa
- Hachimanyama
- Roka-kōen
- Chitose-karasuyama
- Sengawa
- Tsutsujigaoka
- Shibasaki
- Kokuryō
- Fuda
- Chōfu
- Nishi-chōfu
- Tobitakyū
- Musashinodai
- Tama-reien
- Higashi-fuchū
- Fuchū
- Bubaigawara
- Nakagawara
- Seiseki-sakuragaoka
- Mogusaen
- Takahatafudō
- Minamidaira
- Hirayamajōshi-kōen
- Naganuma
- Kitano
- Keiō-hachiōji
Note: Stations in italics (Hatsudai and Hatagaya) are on the Keiō New Line. Keiō Line trains bypass these stations.
35°40′13″N 139°36′29″E / 35.6704°N 139.6081°E / 35.6704; 139.6081