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Tozai Line
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Sakura Main Line
[[Tozai Line]]
Kansai Main Line
[[Sakura Main Line]]
Otaki Line|operator=HRT Lamtsu
[[Shima Line]]|operator=[[Shintetsu]]
MRT
[[Shimakyu Railway]]|location=2759 ~ 31972|general_category=General Information|image=otakistation.jpg|stn_opened=1955}}
Lamtsu Metro|owner=Harmony Rail Transit (Lamtsu)|location=2759 ~ 31972|general_category=General Information|image=otakistation.jpg|stn_opened=1955}}


Otaki Station is a major junction railway station in Otaki, Lamtsu Capital City. It is the second-busiest station in Lamtsu, behind [[Misato Station|Misato]] and in front of [[Lamtsu Station|Lamtsu]].
Otaki Station is a major junction railway station in Otaki, Lamtsu Capital City. It is the second-busiest station in Lamtsu, behind [[Misato Station|Misato]] and in front of [[Lamtsu Station|Lamtsu]].


Serving as the main connecting hub for all rail traffic from the east of Lamtsu, including Commuter Traffic on the Kansai Main Line, Inter-City Traffic on the Sakura Main Line, Local Traffic on the Tozai Line, Metro Traffic on the Otaki Line, and the busiest Tram Station ([[Otaki Light Rail Station]]), Otaki Station was used by a record 1.2 million people in 2021, only surpassed by Misato Station (1.4 million). Otaki Station is the only place on the network to have integration between 2 different railway companies (Exculding the HRT (Lamtsu) and Lamtsu Metro partnership), where you can transfer from the Sakura Main Line to the Kansai Main Line and Vice Versa without needing to exit the ticket barriers.
Serving as the main connecting hub for all rail traffic from the east of Lamtsu, including Commuter Traffic on the Kansai Main Line, Inter-City Traffic on the Sakura Main Line, Local Traffic on the Tozai Line, Metro Traffic on the Otaki Line, Otaki Station was used by a record 0.7 million people in 2021, only surpassed by Misato Station (1.4 Million).


== Lines ==
== Lines ==
Line 20: Line 19:
[[Sakura Main Line]]
[[Sakura Main Line]]


'''MRT'''
'''Shimakyu'''
 
[[Kansai Main Line]]


[[Fukaaura Line]]
[[Kansai Main Line|Shima Line]]
 
'''Lamtsu Metro'''
 
[[Otaki Line]]


== Station Facilities ==
== Station Facilities ==
The station is effectively split between the 3 different companies, with each of them all having their own characteristics.
The station is effectively split between the 3 different companies, with each of them all having their own characteristics.


=== HRT (Lamtsu) ===
=== Shintetsu ===
The HRT Lamtsu part of the station is on the western side of the station, with 2 elevated Island Platforms for the Yamate and Tozai Lines, and 2 Ground-Level Island Platforms for the Sakura Main Line, all terminating and serving 4 tracks. All platforms are wheelchair-accessible, with there being lifts at every platform. As Otaki is a Class II railway station, it has a Midori No Madoguchi Ticket office, albeit not as extensive as the one at Misato Station. Most HRT (Lamtsu) services here are Commuter Service, with Sakura Main Line Suburban service ending at Gotanda, with only Limited Express and Express trains continuing through. However, Long-Distance Express Trains like the (Now Shinkansen) [[Sakura (Train)|Sakura]] and the [[Shima (Train)|Shima]] would start service here. (With the opening of the Sakura Shinkansen, the Sakura now refers to the Limited-Stop Shinkansen Service to Sakura.) It is estimated that 900,000 of the 1.4 Million Passengers use the HRT Lamtsu portion of the station.
The Shintetsu part of the station is on the western side of the station, with 3 elevated Island Platforms for the Yamate and Tozai Lines, and 2 Ground-Level Island Platforms for the Sakura Main Line, all terminating and serving 4 tracks. All platforms are wheelchair-accessible, with there being lifts at every platform. As Otaki is a Class II railway station, it has a Midori No Madoguchi Ticket office, albeit not as extensive as the one at Misato Station. Most HRT (Lamtsu) services here are Commuter Service, with Sakura Main Line Suburban service ending at Gotanda, with only Limited Express and Express trains continuing through. However, Long-Distance Express Trains like the (Now Shinkansen) [[Sakura (Train)|Sakura]] and the [[Shima (Train)|Shima]] would start service here. (With the opening of the Sakura Shinkansen, the Sakura now refers to the Limited-Stop Shinkansen Service to Sakura.) It is estimated that 900,000 of the 1.4 Million Passengers use the HRT Lamtsu portion of the station.
 
Quite a few Sakura Main Line trains switch to the Tozai Line to finish their journey to Lamtsu.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+HRT Lamtsu
|+HRT Lamtsu
Line 42: Line 37:
|-
|-
|1
|1
|Yamate Line
|[[Yamate Line]]
|Clockwise Via Hikawa
|Clockwise Via [[Hikawa Station|Hikawa]]
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Yamate Line
|[[Yamate Line]]
|Anticlockwise via Ofuna
|Anticlockwise via [[Ofuna Station|Ofuna]]
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Tozai Line
|[[Tozai Line]] (Section Local)
|For Miyama
|For [[Lamtsu Station|Lamtsu]], [[Mibu Station|Mibu]]
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Tozai Line
|[[Tozai Line]] (Section-Semi-Express)
|For Kakoro
|For [[Lamtsu Station|Lamtsu]]
|-
|-
|5
|5
|Sakura Main Line (Local)
|[[Tozai Line]] (Local)
|For Gotanda
|For Yokohama
|-
|-
|6
|6
|Sakura Main Line (Rapid)
|[[Tozai Line]] (Rapid)
|For Gotanda
|For Yokohama
|-
|-
|7
|7
|Sakura Main Line (Sakura)
|Sakura Main Line
|For Sakura
|For Sakura
|-
|-
|8
|8
|Sakura Main Line (Shima)
|Sakura Main Line
|For Grundof Railway Station
|For Sakura
|-
|9
|Sakura Main Line
|For Sakura
|-
|10
|Sakura Main Line
|For Sakura
|}
|}


=== MRT ===
=== MRT ===
The de facto Terminus for the Kansai Main Line handles around 300,000 passengers a day, with the platforms laid adjacent and parallel to the HRT Lamtsu platforms on the south. This is a major commuter route for the Kansai Region, and used to have through services with the [[Daigaku Line]] (Closed down East of Iwate). the 5 platforms are built on the ground-level, with 2 continuing for Limited Express services that go to Misato via a double-tracked section. MRT is working with landowners to quadruple-track the section and release the bottleneck between Misato and Otaki, commonly used by commuters as a bypass to the crowded Yamate Line. The Terminating Platforms are on the South of the station , with the through tracks in the centre of the MRT platforms and the Fukaaura Line platform (Single-Track) the closest to the north.
The de facto Terminus for the Shima Line handles around 300,000 passengers a day, with the platforms laid adjacent and parallel to the HRT Lamtsu platforms on the south. The platforms are built on the ground-level, with 2 continuing for Limited Express services that go to Misato via a double-tracked section.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+MRT
|+MRT
Line 83: Line 86:
|-
|-
|1
|1
|Kansai Main Line (Local)
|Shima Line (Local)
|Tennozu
|Tennozu
|-
|-
|2
|2
|Kansai Main Line (Rapid)
|Shima Line (Semi-Express)
|Tennozu
|Tennozu
|-
|-
|3
|3
|Kansai Main Line (Shimakaze)
|Shima Line (Express)
|Misato
|Misato
|-
|-
|4
|4
|Kansai Main Line (Shimakaze)
|Shima Line (Limited Express)
|Shima
|Shima
|-
|5
|Fukaaura Line
|Fukaaura
|}
=== Lamtsu Metro ===
Lamtsu Metro has a single deep-level underground platform (-25m) for the Otaki Line. The platforms are north-south, in contrast to the HRT (Lamtsu) and MRT platforms. Due to the deep nature of this line, Lift Access was provided to the platforms on this line earlier than most of the others, with half of the platforms having a lift going straight to the line.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Otaki Line
!No.
!Line
!For
|-
|1
|Otaki Line
|Kita-Otaki
|-
|2
|Otaki Line
|Shikaoi
|}
|}


=== Nearby Stations ===
=== Nearby Stations ===


* Otaki Light Rail Station
* [[Otaki Light Rail Station]]
* Otaki Bus Terminal (Defunct)
* [[Otaki-Koen Station]]


== History ==
== History ==
Otaki Station was opened in 1955, as the second terminus of the Yamate Line. The station initially had a single island platform near the current Yamate Line platforms. Later lines simply added their platforms to the north of the station, excluding the Lamtsu Metro, which has never upgraded or renovated their stations since the day they were built, with their Island Platform underground.
Otaki Station was opened in 1893, as the terminus of the Sakura Main Line. The Shima Line added their terminus here in 1911, with plans to extend the line to Misato. These plans were shelved when the Misato City Tram opened in 1912, from Otaki to Misato.  The original station building for the Shimakyu terminus was further north-east than the current station building, and was originally called Shimakyu Otaki Station. In 1954 the Tozai Line was built from Lamtsu to Otaki, connecting Otaki Station with a faster route to the Ginza Financial District, which would be the financial centre from 1960 to 1998 before being overtaken by Misato City. In 1955 the Otaki Line was opened by Shimakyu in direct competition with the Tozai Line, running literally below the adjacent road, and Otaki-Koen Station on the Otaki Line was opened as Otaki Station, with the exit at [[Otaki-Koen]]. The Yamate Line came through on the south that same year, and the Yamate Line station was connected to the Sakura Main Line at Otaki Station.
 
In 1986 Shimakyu rebuilt their mainline terminus at Otaki and extended the line westwards to Misato. The Otaki Line track then was seperated from the Shimakyu Line, and so the Shimakyu New Line was built to connect the line to the site of the old terminus, which was renamed [[Kita-Okubo Station|Kita-Okubo]]. The Fukaaura Line was then built as an extension of the Otaki Line northwards. The Metro Otaki Station was renamed Otaki-Koen.
 
In 2005 Misato City Railway upgraded Otaki Station, building a new station building on top of the existing station.

Latest revision as of 10:41, 14 April 2023

大滝
Otaki Station


General Information
Location 2759 ~ 31972
Operated by Shintetsu Shimakyu Railway
Line(s) Yamate Line

Tozai Line Sakura Main Line

Shima Line
Platforms 14
Tracks 14
Connections Otaki Light Rail Station Otaki-Koen Station
Technical Details
Structure Type At-Grade
Platform Levels 1
Disabled Access Yes
Other
Station Code OTK
History
Opened 1955


Otaki Station is a major junction railway station in Otaki, Lamtsu Capital City. It is the second-busiest station in Lamtsu, behind Misato and in front of Lamtsu.

Serving as the main connecting hub for all rail traffic from the east of Lamtsu, including Commuter Traffic on the Kansai Main Line, Inter-City Traffic on the Sakura Main Line, Local Traffic on the Tozai Line, Metro Traffic on the Otaki Line, Otaki Station was used by a record 0.7 million people in 2021, only surpassed by Misato Station (1.4 Million).

Lines

HRT (Lamtsu)

Yamate Line

Tozai Line

Sakura Main Line

Shimakyu

Shima Line

Station Facilities

The station is effectively split between the 3 different companies, with each of them all having their own characteristics.

Shintetsu

The Shintetsu part of the station is on the western side of the station, with 3 elevated Island Platforms for the Yamate and Tozai Lines, and 2 Ground-Level Island Platforms for the Sakura Main Line, all terminating and serving 4 tracks. All platforms are wheelchair-accessible, with there being lifts at every platform. As Otaki is a Class II railway station, it has a Midori No Madoguchi Ticket office, albeit not as extensive as the one at Misato Station. Most HRT (Lamtsu) services here are Commuter Service, with Sakura Main Line Suburban service ending at Gotanda, with only Limited Express and Express trains continuing through. However, Long-Distance Express Trains like the (Now Shinkansen) Sakura and the Shima would start service here. (With the opening of the Sakura Shinkansen, the Sakura now refers to the Limited-Stop Shinkansen Service to Sakura.) It is estimated that 900,000 of the 1.4 Million Passengers use the HRT Lamtsu portion of the station.

Quite a few Sakura Main Line trains switch to the Tozai Line to finish their journey to Lamtsu.

HRT Lamtsu
No. Line For
1 Yamate Line Clockwise Via Hikawa
2 Yamate Line Anticlockwise via Ofuna
3 Tozai Line (Section Local) For Lamtsu, Mibu
4 Tozai Line (Section-Semi-Express) For Lamtsu
5 Tozai Line (Local) For Yokohama
6 Tozai Line (Rapid) For Yokohama
7 Sakura Main Line For Sakura
8 Sakura Main Line For Sakura
9 Sakura Main Line For Sakura
10 Sakura Main Line For Sakura

MRT

The de facto Terminus for the Shima Line handles around 300,000 passengers a day, with the platforms laid adjacent and parallel to the HRT Lamtsu platforms on the south. The platforms are built on the ground-level, with 2 continuing for Limited Express services that go to Misato via a double-tracked section.

MRT
No. Line For
1 Shima Line (Local) Tennozu
2 Shima Line (Semi-Express) Tennozu
3 Shima Line (Express) Misato
4 Shima Line (Limited Express) Shima

Nearby Stations

History

Otaki Station was opened in 1893, as the terminus of the Sakura Main Line. The Shima Line added their terminus here in 1911, with plans to extend the line to Misato. These plans were shelved when the Misato City Tram opened in 1912, from Otaki to Misato. The original station building for the Shimakyu terminus was further north-east than the current station building, and was originally called Shimakyu Otaki Station. In 1954 the Tozai Line was built from Lamtsu to Otaki, connecting Otaki Station with a faster route to the Ginza Financial District, which would be the financial centre from 1960 to 1998 before being overtaken by Misato City. In 1955 the Otaki Line was opened by Shimakyu in direct competition with the Tozai Line, running literally below the adjacent road, and Otaki-Koen Station on the Otaki Line was opened as Otaki Station, with the exit at Otaki-Koen. The Yamate Line came through on the south that same year, and the Yamate Line station was connected to the Sakura Main Line at Otaki Station.

In 1986 Shimakyu rebuilt their mainline terminus at Otaki and extended the line westwards to Misato. The Otaki Line track then was seperated from the Shimakyu Line, and so the Shimakyu New Line was built to connect the line to the site of the old terminus, which was renamed Kita-Okubo. The Fukaaura Line was then built as an extension of the Otaki Line northwards. The Metro Otaki Station was renamed Otaki-Koen.

In 2005 Misato City Railway upgraded Otaki Station, building a new station building on top of the existing station.