is a passenger

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located in the city of

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, Japan and operated by the

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operator

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Lines

Katase-Enoshima Station forms the southern terminus of the 27.6 km

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 ...

starting at . It is 59.9 kilometers from the Tokyo terminus of Odakyu at

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. It is also within walking distance of

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on the

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(Enoden) and Shonan-Enoshima Station on the

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Station layout

Katase-Enoshima Station has two

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s serving three tracks, which are connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station building is designed to evoke the image of

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, or Dragon Palace, the underwater dwelling in the ''

Urashima Taro Urashima may refer to: *Urashima Tarō is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale (''otogi banashi''), who in a typical modern version is a fisherman rewarded for rescuing a turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) b ...

'' fable.

Platforms

File:Katase-Enoshima Station platforms.jpg, The platforms in July 2012

History

Katase-Enoshima Station opened on April 1, 1929. Work commenced in February 2018 to rebuild and modernize the station, and was completed at the end of July 2020.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,828 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

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) *

Shonan-Enoshima Station (

) *

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 ...

References

External links

* {{Odakyu Enoshima Line Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1929 Odakyū Enoshima Line Railway stations in Fujisawa, Kanagawa