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Tama-plaza Station

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ3299307 ↗
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Tama-plaza Station (たまプラーザ駅, Tama-purāza-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Tama-plaza Station is served by the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line from Shibuya in Tokyo to Chūō-rinkan in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is 17.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shibuya.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

History

Tama-plaza Station was opened on April 1, 1966. The station building was extensively remodeled in 2006 by the American firm Laguarda.Low Architects.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 59,624 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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