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Midoridai Station
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Location | 1-7-1 Midori-cho, Inage, Chiba, Chiba (千葉県千葉市稲毛区緑町1-7-1) Japan |
Operated by | Keisei Electric Railway |
Line(s) | KS Keisei Chiba Line |
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Station code | KS56 |
History | |
Opened | 1923 |
Previous names | Kurosuna; Hama-Kaigan Teidai Kogakubu-mae Kogakubu-mae (until 1971) |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2010) | 6,579 daily |
Midoridai Station (みどり台駅 Midoridai-eki) is a railway station in Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan, operated by the Keisei Electric Railway.
Midoridai Station is served by the Keisei Chiba Line, and is located 9.9 km from the terminus of the line at Keisei-Tsudanuma.
Midoridai Station has two opposed side platforms connected by an overpass.
Midoridai Station was opened on February 22, 1922 as Hama Kaigan Station (浜海岸駅 Hama-Kaigan-eki). On April 1, 1942, it changed its name to Teidai Kogakubu-mae (帝大工学部前駅 Teidai Kogakubu-mae eki), after the engineering campus of Tokyo Imperial University located nearby. After World War II, university dropped the name “Imperial”, and the station was renamed Kogakubu-mae (工学部前駅 Kogakubu-mae-eki) accordingly. It was renamed once again on May 1, 1951 to Kurosuna Station (黒砂駅 Kurosuna-eki). It assumed its present name on October 1, 1971.
Coordinates: 35°37′30″N 140°05′51″E / 35.6250°N 140.0976°E