Odawara Station

This article is about the railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture. For the railway station in Miyagi Prefecture, see Ōgawara Station. For the railway station in Kyoto Prefecture, see Ōkawara Station.
JT16
Odawara Station

小田原駅
Odawara Station in December 2016
General information
Location1 Sakaechō, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates35°15′23″N 139°09′18″E / 35.25639°N 139.15500°E / 35.25639; 139.15500
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side + 2 island + 2 bay platforms
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened21 October 1920; 104 years ago (1920-10-21)
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Atami
towards Shin-Ōsaka
 Tōkaidō Shinkansen
 Shin-Yokohama
towards Tokyo
Other services
JT OH OH
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Yugawara
JT20
towards Itō or Atami
 Odoriko Ofuna
OFNJT07
towards Tokyo
Terminus Shōnan Kōzu
JT14
towards Tokyo or Shinjuku
Hayakawa
JT17
towards Atami
 Tōkaidō Line Kamonomiya
JT15
towards Tokyo
Terminus Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Special Rapid
 Kōzu
JT14
towards Maebashi
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Rapid
 Kamonomiya
JT15
towards Maebashi
Preceding station Odakyu Following station
Hakone-Yumoto
Terminus
 Romancecar Hadano
towards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju
Terminus Odawara Line
Rapid Express
Express
 Shin-Matsuda
towards Shinjuku
through to Hakone Tozan Line Odawara Line
Local
 Ashigara
towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara
Hakone-Itabashi
towards Hakone-Yumoto
 Hakone Tozan Line
Local
 through to Odawara Line
Preceding station Izuhakone Railway Following station
Terminus Daiyūzan Line Midorichō
towards Daiyūzan
Location
Odawara Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Odawara Station
Odawara Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Odawara Station is located in Kanto Area
Odawara Station
Odawara Station
Odawara Station (Kanto Area)
Odawara Station is located in Japan
Odawara Station
Odawara Station
Odawara Station (Japan)
Odakyu platforms
Tokaido Shinkansen platforms

Odawara Station (小田原駅, Odawara-eki) is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone area. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Odawara Station is a station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen with regional service provided by the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is located 83.9 kilometers from the terminus of these lines at Tokyo Station. Some trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also stop at Odawara. Local services are provided by the private railway companies Odakyu Electric Railway (Odawara Line), Izu-Hakone Railway (Daiyuzan Line) and the Hakone Tozan Railway (Hakone Tozan Line), all of which terminate at Odawara Station.

Station layout

Odawara Station has a complex platform layout. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen has two elevated opposed side platforms. Tōkaidō Main Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains operated from two island platforms. The JR companies have staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket offices and seat reservation counters. The Izu-Hakone Railway has two bay platforms. The Odakyu Electric Railway and Hakone Tozan Railway share two island platforms with a cutout arrangement.

Izu-Hakone Railway platforms

1,2  Izu-Hakone Railway Daiyuzan Line for Sagami-Numata and Daiyuzan

JR East platforms

3 JT Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, Numazu
JT Itō Line for Itō
4 JT Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, Numazu
JT Itō Line for Itō
JT Tōkaidō Line
(Ueno-Tokyo Line) 		for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
5, 6 JT Tōkaidō Main Line
(Ueno-Tokyo Line) 		for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya
JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso
JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Takasaki (via JU Takasaki Line)

Odakyu and Hakone Tozan platforms

7 OH Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)
OH Odakyu Odawara Line Terminating trains
8 OH Odakyu Odawara Line alighting
(platform 9 uses the same track)
9 OH Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara)
JL Jōban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)
(platform 8 uses the same track)
10 OH Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara)
JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)
11 OH Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)

JR Central platforms

13 Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka
Sanyō Shinkansen Sanyō Shinkansen for Shin-Kobe, Okayama and Hiroshima
14 Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Shin-Yokohama, Shinagawa and Tokyo

History

What is now the JR East station opened on 21 October 1920.[1] The Odakyu Electric Railway station opened on 1 April 1927.[2]

Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Odawara being assigned station number OH47.[3][4]

Accidents

In April 2002, a person was hit and killed by a non-stop up train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the Shinkansen track.[5]

In July 2007, a person was hit and killed by a non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the Shinkansen track.[5]

In December 2008, a woman was hit and killed by a down non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the Shinkansen track.[5]

In April 2009, a man was hit and killed by a down non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the Shinkansen track.[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 33,460 passengers daily.[6] The Shinkansen station was used by 11,245 passengers, the Odakyu station was used by 62,396 passengers, the Hakone Tozan portion of the station by 10,638 and the Izukyu portion by 8,773 passengers.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.
  6. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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