Tennodai

Weekday departures: 230/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 170/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 4:48 / 24:22 (00:22 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (21)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• JR Joban Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• JR Joban Line: Toride ⇄ Abiko (Chiba)

Tennōdai Station opened on 20 April 1971 as a Japanese National Railways stop between Abiko and Toride, paired with a new electric-car depot built east of Abiko during the quadruple-tracking of the Jōban Line. The working name had been "Shin-Abiko", but a different name was chosen to avoid confusion with Higashi-Abiko on the Narita Line. Initially only the local-line platforms existed; rapid platforms were added in November 1980 and February 1981, and quadruple-tracking through to Toride was completed on 15 November 1982. From 13 March 1988 medium-distance Jōban services also began calling. Operation transferred to JR East at the 1987 privatisation, automatic ticket gates were installed on 23 April 1993, and Suica was introduced on 18 November 2001.

Rapid trains nearly bypassed Tennōdai in the late 1970s; a sustained municipal and resident campaign persuaded JNR in March 1978 to add rapid-line platforms at locally funded cost, which is why the down rapid platform sits slightly skewed relative to the up.