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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 | 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 0.7 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. | ||
== Lines == | == Lines == | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 13 June 2022
| Location | 2759 ~ 31972 |
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| Owned by | Harmony Rail Transit (Lamtsu) |
| Operated by | HRT Lamtsu
MRT Lamtsu Metro |
| Line(s) | Yamate Line
Tozai Line Sakura Main Line Kansai Main Line Otaki Line |
| Platforms | 13 |
| Tracks | 13 |
| Connections | Otaki Light Rail Station |
| Structure Type | At-Grade/Elevated/Underground |
|---|---|
| Platform Levels | 4 |
| Disabled Access | Yes |
| Station Code | OTK |
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| Opened | 1955 |
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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, and the busiest Tram Station (Otaki Light Rail Station), Otaki Station was used by a record 0.7 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.
Lines
HRT (Lamtsu)
MRT
Lamtsu Metro
Station Facilities
The station is effectively split between the 3 different companies, with each of them all having their own characteristics.
HRT (Lamtsu)
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 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.
| No. | Line | For |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamate Line | Clockwise Via Hikawa |
| 2 | Yamate Line | Anticlockwise via Ofuna |
| 3 | Tozai Line | For Miyama |
| 4 | Tozai Line | For Kakoro |
| 5 | Sakura Main Line (Local) | For Gotanda |
| 6 | Sakura Main Line (Rapid) | For Gotanda |
| 7 | Sakura Main Line (Sakura) | For Sakura |
| 8 | Sakura Main Line (Shima) | For Grundof Railway Station |
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.
| No. | Line | For |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansai Main Line (Local) | Tennozu |
| 2 | Kansai Main Line (Rapid) | Tennozu |
| 3 | Kansai Main Line (Shimakaze) | Misato |
| 4 | Kansai Main Line (Shimakaze) | 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.
| No. | Line | For |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otaki Line | Kita-Otaki |
| 2 | Otaki Line | Shikaoi |
Nearby Stations
- Otaki Light Rail Station
- Otaki Bus Terminal (Defunct)
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.