is a passenger

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located in the city of

Hadano is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 163,787 and a population density of 1600 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hadano is located in the foothills of the ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

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. The station operated by the private railway operator

Odakyu Electric Railway , 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 ...

Lines

Hadano Station is served by the

Odakyu Odawara 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, Kanagawa, Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone. T ...

, and lies 61.7 rail kilometers from the line's

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Station layout

The station has two

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s with four tracks, with the station building is constructed on a cantilever above the platforms and tracks.

Platforms

History

Hadano Station was opened on 1 April 1927 on the Odakyu Odawara Line of the

with normal and 6-car limited express services as . It was given its present name on 9 March 1987. The current station building was completed in 1996 and associated department store in 1997. A number of

Romancecar The is Odakyu Electric Railway's name for its limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo, to mountain resorts such as Hakone and Gotemba (Mount Fuji), and beaches such as Odawara and Enoshima. When the service started in 195 ...

express services commenced in 1998.

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was introduced in January 2014 with Hadano being assigned station number OH39.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 42,011 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

*Hadano City Hall *Hadano Red Cross Hospital *

Sophia Junior College is a private junior college in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan. It was founded in 1973 and since then it has admitted only females. Due to population decline and increasing popularity of four-year co-educational universities and colleges among female ...

References

External links

Official home page
{{Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Hadano, Kanagawa