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Railway station in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

This article is about the railway station in Kanagawa Prefecture. For the railway station in Miyagi Prefecture, see Ōgawara Station. For the railway station in Kyoto Prefecture, see Ōkawara Station.

JT16 Odawara Station小田原駅
Odawara Station in December 2016
General information
Location 1 Sakaechō, Odawara City, Kanagawa PrefectureJapan
Coordinates 35°15′23″N 139°09′18″E / 35.25639°N 139.15500°E / 35.25639; 139.15500
Operated by Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central JR Freight Odakyu Electric Railway Izuhakone Railway
Line(s) The logo of the Tokkaido Shinkansen. Tōkaidō Shinkansen JT Tokaido Main Line OH Odakyu Odawara Line Izu-Hakone Railway Daiyuzan Line OH Hakone Tozan Line
Platforms 2 side + 2 island + 2 bay platforms
Connections Bus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
Status Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened 21 October 1920; 103 years ago (1920-10-21)
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station Atamitowards Shin-Ōsaka Tōkaidō ShinkansenHikari Kodama Shin-Yokohamatowards Tokyo
Other servicesJT OH OH Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station YugawaraJT20towards Itō or Atami Odoriko OfunaOFNJT07towards Tokyo Terminus Shōnan KōzuJT14towards Tokyo or Shinjuku HayakawaJT17towards Atami Tōkaidō Line KamonomiyaJT15towards Tokyo Terminus Shōnan–Shinjuku LineSpecial Rapid KōzuJT14towards Maebashi Shōnan–Shinjuku LineRapid KamonomiyaJT15towards Maebashi Preceding station Odakyu Following station Hakone-YumotoTerminus Romancecar Hadanotowards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju Terminus Odawara LineRapid Express Express Shin-Matsudatowards Shinjuku through to Hakone Tozan Line Odawara LineLocal Ashigaratowards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara Hakone-Itabashitowards Hakone-Yumoto Hakone Tozan LineLocal through to Odawara Line Preceding station Izuhakone Railway Following station Terminus Daiyūzan Line Midorichōtowards Daiyūzan
LocationOdawara Station is located in Kanagawa PrefectureOdawara StationOdawara StationLocation within Kanagawa PrefectureShow map of Kanagawa PrefectureOdawara Station is located in Kanto AreaOdawara StationOdawara StationOdawara Station (Kanto Area)Show map of Kanto AreaOdawara Station is located in JapanOdawara StationOdawara StationOdawara Station (Japan)Show map of Japan

Odakyu platforms

Tokaido Shinkansen platforms

Odawara Station (小田原駅, Odawara-eki) is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone area. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Odawara Station is a station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen with regional service provided by the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is located 83.9 kilometers from the terminus of these lines at Tokyo Station. Some trains of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line also stop at Odawara. Local services are provided by the private railway companies Odakyu Electric Railway (Odawara Line), Izu-Hakone Railway (Daiyuzan Line) and the Hakone Tozan Railway (Hakone Tozan Line), all of which terminate at Odawara Station.

Odawara Station has a complex platform layout. The Tōkaidō Shinkansen has two elevated opposed side platforms. Tōkaidō Main Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line trains operated from two island platforms. The JR companies have staffed Midori no Madoguchi 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

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3 JT Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, NumazuJT Itō Line for Itō
4 JT Tōkaidō Main Line for Atami, NumazuJT Itō Line for Itō
JT Tōkaidō Line(Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, ŌmiyaJU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and KuroisoJU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
5, 6 JT Tōkaidō Main Line(Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, ŌmiyaJU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and KuroisoJU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Yokohama, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Takasaki (via JU Takasaki Line)

Odakyu and Hakone Tozan platforms

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7 OH Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)
OH Odakyu Odawara Line Terminating trains
8 OH Odakyu Odawara Line alighting(platform 9 uses the same track)
9 OH Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara)JL Jōban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)(platform 8 uses the same track)
10 OH Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara)JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)
11 OH Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)

JR Central platforms

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What is now the JR East station opened on 21 October 1920.[1] The Odakyu Electric Railway station opened on 1 April 1927.[2]

Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Odawara being assigned station number OH47.[3][4]

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 track.[5]

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.[5]

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.[5]

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.[5]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 33,460 passengers daily.[6] 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.

  1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [_JNR Station Directory_]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [_Databook: Japan's Private Railways_]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 [_Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009_]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.
  6. ^ 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.

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