Toda Station (Saitama)

Toda Station (戸田駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toda, Saitama, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Toda Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 12.3 km north of Ikebukuro Station. The station identification colour is "vermillion".

Station layout
The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side. The station is staffed.

Platforms
An arrangement of the Toda City song has been used as the departure melody for trains departing from the up platform (platform 1) since 1 August 2007.

History
Toda Station opened on 30 September 1985.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,355 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

East side

 * Toda City Office
 * Toda Civic Cultural Hall
 * Ushiroya Park
 * Warabi Police Station
 * Warabi Post Office
 * Kami-Toda Post Office

West side

 * Toda Municipal Library
 * Toda Civic Folk Museum
 * Toda Civic Sports Centre
 * Toda Fire Station
 * Saitama Prefectural Toda Shoyo High School
 * Toda Municipal Niizo Junior High School
 * Toda Municipal Niizo Kita Elementary School