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is a passenger

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located in the city of Hiratsuka,

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 ...

, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Hiratsuka Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line and also Shonan-Shinjuku Line through services. The station is 63.8 kilometers from the starting point of the Tokaido Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two

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s serving four tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. The station building has large shopping complexes to the north and south of the tracks.

Platforms

History

Hiratsuka Station was opened on July 11, 1887, for both freight and passenger service on what was later designated the Tokaido Main Line of

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(JNR). A number of short freight spur lines radiated out from Hiratsuka Station to serve the various industries which were developed in the vicinity of the station. Most of these spur lines were no longer in operation by 1924. The original station building was destroyed by

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during the

1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms an ...

, which also brought down the bridge over the nearby Sagami River. The station building was completely rebuilt in June 1973. With the dissolution and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. File:Hiratsuka Station 1900s.jpg, Hiratsuka Station in the early 20th century

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 60,941 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

* Hiratsuka City Hall * Hiratsuka Citizen Center *Hiratsuka City Central Public Hall *Hiratsuka City Museum

References

*Yoshikawa, Fumio. ''Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi''. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) .

External links

JR East station information
{{ja-linecat, East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1887 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Hiratsuka, Kanagawa