Tama-Center Station

Tama-Center Station (多摩センター駅, Tama-sentaa-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Tama, Tokyo, Japan operated jointly by the private railway companies Keio Corporation and Odakyū Electric Railway and the Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Company. The stations are formally known as Keiō Tama-Center (Keiō), Odakyū Tama-Center (Odakyū), and Tama-Center (Tama Monorail).

KO41 Tama-Center Station 多摩センター駅
Tama-Center Station (south entrance)
General information
Location	Ochiai 1-chome, Tama-shi, Tokyo （東京都多摩市落合1丁目） Japan
Coordinates	35°37′30″N 139°25′27″E
Operated by	Keiō Corporation Odakyū Electric Railway Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail
Line(s)	Keiō Sagamihara Line Odakyū Tama Line ■ Tama Toshi Monorail Line
Platforms	4 island + 2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	KO41 (Keio) OT06 (Odakyu) TT01 (Tama Toshi Monorail)
History
Opened	Keiō Corporation: 1974; 51 years ago (1974) Odakyū Electric Railway: 1975; 50 years ago (1975) Tama Toshi Monorail: 2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Passengers
Keiō: 90,353 Odakyū: 51,315 Tama Toshi Monorail: 37,449
Services
Preceding station Following station Minami-ōsawa KO43 towards Hashimoto Keiō Liner Keiō-nagayama KO40 towards Shinjuku Sagamihara Line Special Express Express Keiō-nagayama KO40 towards Chōfu Keiō-horinouchi KO42 towards Hashimoto Sagamihara Line Semi Express Rapid Local Preceding station Odakyu Following station Karakida Terminus Tama Line Rapid Express Commuter Express Express Local Odakyu Nagayama towards Shin-Yurigaoka Preceding station Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail Following station Terminus Tama Toshi Monorail Line Matsugaya (TT-02) towards Kamikitadai
Location Tama-Center Station Location within Tokyo Show map of Tokyo Tama-Center Station Tama-Center Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Stations

Keiō Corporation (Keiō Tama-Center Station)

The station opened on 18 October 1974. Four elevated tracks serve two island platforms. All trains stop at this station.

1, 2	KO Keiō Sagamihara Line	for Hashimoto
3, 4	KO Keiō Sagamihara Line	for Chōfu, Meidaimae, Sasazuka, and Shinjuku S Toei Shinjuku Line for Motoyawata

Odakyū Electric Railway (Odakyū Tama-Center Station)

The station opened on 23 April 1975. Two elevated tracks serve two island platforms. All trains stop at this station.

1	OH Odakyū Tama Line	for Karakida
2	OH Odakyū Tama Line	for Shin-Yurigaoka, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase JL Joban Line for Abiko and Toride

Tama Toshi Monorail (Tama-Center Station)

The station opened on 10 January 2000. This is a raised station with two tracks and two opposed side platforms, with the station building located underneath. It is a standardized station building for this monorail line.

1 2

■ Tama Toshi Monorail Line

Takahatafudō, Tachikawa-Kita, Tamagawa-Jōsui, Kamikitadai

Surrounding area

The station sits at the heart of the planned Tama New Town suburb, and as such is home to most of the area's main commercial and municipal buildings. There are numerous shopping centers centered on a pedestrian mall on the station's south side. Sanrio Puroland is located (about 200 meters (660 ft)) south-east of the station.

History

• 18 October 1974: Keiō Tama-Center Station opens as a local, rapid, and commuter rapid stop with the extension of the Keiō Sagamihara Line.
• 23 April 1975: Odakyū Tama-Center Station opens as a local stop with the extension of the Odakyū Tama Line.
• 28 May 1992: Special express trains begin service on the Sagamihara Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
• 10 January 2000: Tama Toshi Monorail Tama-Center Station opens.
• 2 December 2000: Special express Homeway and express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
• 25 March 2001: On the Sagamihara Line, express trains begin service, stopping at Tama-Center; special express trains are abolished.
• 23 March 2002: Tama Express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
• 11 December 2004: Section semi-express trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
• May 2005 – March 2006: Odakyū Tama-Center Station undergoes renovation.
• 15 March 2008: Special express Metro Homeway trains begin service on the Tama Line, stopping at Tama-Center.
• February 2018: The Tama Toshi Monorail was assigned station number TT-01^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the Keio station was used by an average of 90,353 passengers daily.^[2] During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 51,315 passengers daily.^[3] The Tama Monorail station was used by 37,449 passengers daily.^[4]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan