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Ashigara Station (足柄駅, Ashigara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Odakyu Electric Railway.

Lines

Ashigara Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line, and is located 80.8 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Shinjuku Station.[1]

Station layout

Ashigara Station has two island platforms and three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1  Odakyu Odawara Line for Odawara
2  Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, and Shinjuku
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase
3  Odakyu Odawara Line for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, and Shinjuku
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase

History

Ashigara Station was opened on 1 April 1927.[1]

Station numbering was introduced in January 2014 with Ashigara being assigned station number OH46.[2][3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3,893 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
2005 2,950[5]
2010 2,966[6]
2015 3,624[7]

Surrounding area

  • Odawara City Hall
  • Odawara Municipal Hospital
  • Odawara Police Station
  • Ogicho Post Office

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(令和2年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.

External links

Media related to Ashigara Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons