Ōwada Station (Saitama)

Ōwada Station

大和田駅
; Ōwada Station; 大和田駅
	Ōwada Station in 2012
Location	31-172-1 Junochō, Minuma-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 337-0053; Japan
Coordinates	35°55′46″N 139°39′02″E / 35.92944°N 139.65056°ECoordinates: 35°55′46″N 139°39′02″E / 35.92944°N 139.65056°E
Operated by	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	Tōbu Urban Park Line
Distance	3.0 km from Ōmiya
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	TD-04
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 November 1929
Passengers
FY2019	20,003 daily
Location
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Ōwada Station (大和田駅, Ōwada-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Tobu Urban Park Line located in Minuma-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Lines[]

Ōwada Station is served by the 62.7 km Tōbu Urban Park Line from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture, and lies 3.0 km from the western terminus of the Tōbu Urban Park Line at Ōmiya.^[1]

Station layout[]

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms[]

1	■ Tōbu Urban Park Line	for Iwatsuki, Kasukabe, and Kashiwa
2	■ Tōbu Urban Park Line	for Ōmiya

Adjacent stations[]

«		Service	»
Tōbu Urban Park Line
Ōmiya-kōen		Local		Nanasato

History[]

The station opened on 17 November 1929.^[1]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Ōwada Station becoming "TD-04".^[2]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,003 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area[]

Ōwada Park
Saitama City Minuma Ward Office

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
^ 駅情報（乗降人員） - Tobu Railway official home page (in Japanese)

External links[]

Media related to Ōwada Station (Saitama) at Wikimedia Commons

Ōwada Station information (Tobu) (in Japanese)
Ōwada Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (in Japanese)

[terada2013-1] Jump up to: ^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. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.

[tobu20120209-2] 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (pdf). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.

[3] 駅情報（乗降人員） - Tobu Railway official home page (in Japanese)

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