is a commuter

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on the

Enoshima Electric Railway The is a private railway in Japan which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Stations en route include , the stop closest to Kōtoku-in, the temple with the colossal outdoor statue of Amida Buddha. ...

(Enoden) located in the city of Fujisawa,

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Lines

Enoshima Station is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway Main Line and is 3.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Fujisawa Station is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway and Enoshima Electric Railway. Clustered ...

. The Enoden tracks run on the vehicular road between this station and Koshigoe Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two ground-level tracks. The tracks are connected to the station building via a level crossing.

Platforms

History

The station opened on September 1, 1902, as . It was renamed Enoshima Station in 1929. The current station building was rebuilt in 1999.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,097 passengers daily, making it the 3rd used of the 15 Enoden stations The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area and transfer

Katase-Enoshima Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan and operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway. Lines Katase-Enoshima Station forms the southern terminus of the 27.6 km Odakyu Enoshima ...

(

Odakyu Enoshima Line , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its ''Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company fo ...

) *

Shonan-Enoshima Station (

Shonan Monorail The is a Suspension railway, suspended SAFEGE monorail in the cities of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura and Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the which belongs to Michinori Holdings, and opened on March ...

) *

Enoshima is a small offshore island, about in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa, and is linked to ...

*Enoshima Aquarium *Katase Higashihama beach *Katase Nishihama / Kugenuma Beach * Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Elementary School

Popular culture

* This railway station was shown in the 5th episode of anime A Channel, where main characters were going to the sea by Enoshima Electric Railway Line Train, and were arguing about "it is train or tram".

References

External links

Enoden Station information
{{Enoshima Electric Railway Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1902 Railway stations in Fujisawa, Kanagawa