Seiseki-sakuragaoka Station (聖蹟桜ヶ丘駅, Seiseki-sakuragaoka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keiō Corporation.
Seiseki-sakuragaoka Station is on the Keiō Line, and is located 26.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shinjuku Station. All Keiō Line services stop at the station. Along with Tama Center Station, it is one of the main gateways to the Tama New Town development.
The station first opened on 24 March 1925 as Sekido Station (関戸駅).[1] It was renamed Seiseki-sakuragaoka Station on 1 May 1937.[1]
Passenger statisticsedit
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 65,246 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding areaedit
There are several commercial complexes, including a Keio Department Store, built around the station, as well as Keio's head office. There is a bus terminal to the north of the station.
In popular cultureedit
The station is frequented in Studio Ghibli's 1995 film Whisper of the Heart, though it was portrayed as more developed than it was during the film.
There is a dedicated map following the film in addition to a miniature replica antique storepostbox where passerby's can insert their dreams and goals.
^ abTerada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 205. ISBN4-87366-874-3.
^1日の駅別乗降人員 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
External linksedit
Media related to Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station at Wikimedia Commons
Seiseki-sakuragaoka Station information (Keio) (in Japanese)
January 01, 1970
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