Ebina Station (original) (raw)

Railway station in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Ebina Station海老名駅
Odakyu entrance, 2023
General information
Location	Kamigō, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0434Japan
Coordinates	35°27′10″N 139°23′27″E / 35.45278°N 139.39083°E / 35.45278; 139.39083
Operated by	JR East Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway
Line(s)	■ Sagami Line Odakyu Odawara Line Sotetsu Main Line
Distance	42.5 km from Shinjuku
Platforms	1 bay + 3 island platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	OH32 (Odakyu) SO18 (Sotetsu)
History
Opened	November 25, 1941
Passengers
FY2019	14,307 (JR, boarding)152,370 (Odakyu, total) 123,214 (Sotetsu, total)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Iriyatowards Hashimoto Sagami Line Atsugitowards Chigasaki Preceding station Odakyu Following station Hon-Atsugitowards Hakone-Yumoto or Gotemba Romancecar Sagami-Onotowards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju Hon-Atsugitowards Odawara Odawara LineRapid Express Sagami-Onotowards Shinjuku Odawara LineExpress Sagami-Onotowards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara Atsugitowards Hon-Atsugi Odawara LineCommuter Semi Express Zamatowards Yoyogi-Uehara Atsugitowards Isehara Odawara LineSemi Express Atsugitowards Hakone-Yumoto Odawara LineLocal Zamatowards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara Preceding station Sotetsu Following station Terminus Main LineLimited Express Yamatotowards Yokohama Main LineCommuter Express Rapid Local Kashiwadaitowards Yokohama Sōtetsu–JR Link LineLimited Express Yamatotowards Shinjuku Sōtetsu–JR Link LineLocal Kashiwadaitowards Shinjuku
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Ebina Station (海老名駅, Ebina-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan. It is jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and the private railway operators Odakyu Electric Railway, and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu).

Ebina Station is served by the following lines.

• Odakyu Odawara Line
• Sagami Line
• Sōtetsu Main Line

The station is 43.5 km (27.0 mi) from the Odakyu terminus at Shinjuku Station, 15.9 km (9.9 mi) from the Sagami Line terminus at Chigasaki Station, and 24.6 km (15.3 mi) from the Sotetsu terminus at Yokohama Station.

The Sōtetsu Main Line station has a bay platform, serving two tracks.

The JR Sagami Line station has a single island platform, serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The Odakyu Odawara Line station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

1, 2	Odakyū Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, and OdawaraOH Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto
3, 4	Odakyū Odawara Line	for Sagami-Ōno, Shin-Yurigaoka, Yoyogi-Uehara, and ShinjukuC Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ōtemachi, Kita-senju, and Ayase JL Jōban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Abiko, and Toride

Ebina Station was opened on 25 November 1941 as the terminal station of the Jinchū Railroad (神中鉄道), now Sagami Railway). The Odakyu Line Ebina-Kokubun Station (海老名国分駅), which had been in operation since 1927, was shifted 400 meters on 1 April 1943, for joint operation of Ebina Station. From December 1971, Ebina became one of the chief rail yards of the Odakyu line. On 21 December 1973, a new station was opened, located approximately 400 m (1,300 ft) from the old station in the direction of Odawara. From 21 March 1987, the Sagami Line began operations to Ebina, less than a month before the dissolution and privatization of the Japanese National Railways and formation of the East Japan Railway Company.[_citation needed_]

Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Ebina being assigned station number OH32.[1][2]

The Odakyu Ebina Station has a unique platform jingle that plays when trains are arriving. The melody is from the song Sakura by the Japanese pop band, Ikimonogakari (いきものがかり). The Odawara bound platforms 1 and 2 play the intro to the song while the Shinjuku / Chiyoda Line bound platforms 3 and 4 play a short portion from the middle of the song. On 19 April 2021 the Romance Car Museum opened beside the west exit to the station.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 14,307 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 152,370 passengers daily (total)[4] and the Sotetsu portion of the station by 123,214 passengers (total).[5]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

• List of railway stations in Japan

1. ^ "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
2. ^ Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
3. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. ^ 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
5. ^ 相 模 鉄 道 線：乗 降 人 員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanto Traffic Advertising Council. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
6. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
7. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
8. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

Media related to Ebina Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ebina Station (Odakyu) (in Japanese)
• Ebina Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Ebina Station (Sagami Railway) (in Japanese)