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JT16
Odawara Station

小田原駅
JT16 ; Odawara Station; 小田原駅
	Odawara Station in December 2016
General information
Location	1 Sakaechō, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	35°15′23″N 139°09′18″E / 35.25639°N 139.15500°E
Operated by	JR East; JR Central; JR Freight; Odakyu Electric Railway; Izuhakone Railway;
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Shinkansen; JT Tokaido Main Line; Odakyu Odawara Line; Izu-Hakone Railway Daiyuzan Line; Hakone Tozan Line;
Platforms	2 side + 2 island + 2 bay platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	21 October 1920; 104 years ago
Services
Other services; JT OH OH
Location
Location
	Odawara Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Odawara Station Odawara Station (Kanto Area) Odawara Station Odawara Station (Japan)

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
4	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
5, 6	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)
7	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	for Nagoya, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka Sanyō Shinkansen for Shin-Kobe, Okayama and Hiroshima
14	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

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.