is a junction and interchange
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
located in the city of
Odawara, Kanagawa
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,482 and a population density of 1,700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Odawara lies in the Ashigara Plains, in the far western por ...
, Japan, operated jointly by the
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters ar ...
(JR East) and
Central Japan Railway Company
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...
(JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the
Hakone
is a List of towns in Japan, town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the town had a population of 11,293 and a population density of 122 persons per km². The total area of the town is . The town is a popular tourist destination due to its many o ...
area. It is also a freight depot for the
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was fou ...
.
Lines
Odawara Station is a station on the
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 19 ...
with regional service provided by the
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
. It is located 83.9 kilometer from the terminus of these lines at
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...
. Some trains of the
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also stop at Odawara. Local services are provided by the private railway companies
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 Compa ...
(
Odawara Line),
Izu-Hakone Railway (
Daiyuzan Line) and the
Hakone Tozan Railway (
Hakone Tozan Line), for which Odawara is the terminus.
Station layout
Odawara Station has a complex platform layout. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen has two elevated 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 platfo ...
s. Tōkaidō Main Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains operated from two
island platform
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s. The JR companies have staffed ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Gro ...
'' 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
JR East platforms
Odakyu and Hakone Tozan platforms
JR Central platforms
History
What is now the JR East station opened on 21 October 1920.
The Odakyu Electric Railway station opened on 1 April 1927.
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
The , colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development. Beyond l ...
track.
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.
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.
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.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 33,460 passengers daily.
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
* Odawara City Hall
* Odawara Castle
See also
*
Odawara-juku
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
Odawara Station information(JR East)
(JR East)
Odawara Station information(JR Central)
Odawara Station information(Odakyu)
Odawara Station Map(Hakone Navi)
Hakone Tozan Train information(Hakone Tozan Railway)
Bus stop guide(Hakone Tozan Bus)
Railway & Bus information(Izuhakone)
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{{Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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{{Shonan-Shinjuku Line
{{Tōkaidō Freight Line
{{Odakyu Odawara Line
{{Hakone Tozan Railway
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{{Tokyo transit
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Odakyu Odawara Line
Stations of Odakyu Electric Railway
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Railway stations in Odawara
Tōkaidō Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1920