title: Tsurukawa Station
text: # Tsurukawa Station
  
  Tsurukawa Station (鶴川駅, Tsurukawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Machida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Tsurukawa Station is served by the 82.5 km Odakyu Odawara Line from Shinjuku in Tokyo to Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, and lies 25.1 km (15.6 mi) from the Shinjuku terminus. Some services inter-run to and from Ayase on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line via Yoyogi-Uehara.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  Tsurukawa Station Track Layout :
  
  Legend :
  
  The station has one side platform and one island platform, serving a total of three tracks, with the platforms connected by a footbridge.
  
  * North entrance, May 2010
  * South entrance, May 2010
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Odawara and Katase-Enoshima |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2/3 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 1 April 1927.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Tsurukawa being assigned station number OH25.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 68,992 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Wako University
  * Kokushikan University (Tsurukawa Campus)
  