Ōfuna Station
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OFNJT07JK01JO09JS09 Ōfuna Station 大船駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1 Ōfuna, Kamakura, Kanagawa (神奈川県鎌倉市大船一丁目) Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°21′12″N 139°31′52″E / 35.35333°N 139.53111°ECoordinates: 35°21′12″N 139°31′52″E / 35.35333°N 139.53111°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East, Shonan Monorail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JR, FY2013 | 97,118 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ōfuna Station(Japanese: 大船駅, Japanese pronunciation: [Ōfuna-eki]) is a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[]
Ōfuna Station is served by the Tokaido Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Negishi Line (Keihin-Tōhoku Line), Yokosuka Line, as well as the Shonan Monorail. It is 46.5 km from the terminus of the Tōkaidō Main Line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout[]
Ōfuna Station is an elevated station with five island platforms serving a total of 11 tracks. The adjacent Shonan Monorail station has a single bay platform.
There are above-track station buildings at both ends of the platforms, toward Fujisawa and toward Totsuka, offering passage between lines inside the ticket gates. The Sunaoshi River (砂押川, Sunaoshi-gawa), which runs between the two current station buildings, is a city boundary, meaning that the end of the station near Fujisawa is in Kamakura, while the end toward Totsuka is in Sakae-ku, Yokohama. However, the station master's office is, as was before the station's rebuilding, on the Kamakura side, so the station is treated as a Kamakura station, and not considered to be within the city of Yokohama.
The Fujisawa-side station building has the southern ticket gates and connects to East and West exits. The station building is connected by a passageway beside the building to the Shounan Monorail station. There is also a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a View Plaza travel agency.
In the Totsuka-side station building is the northern ticket gate, connected to the Kasama Entrance.
Platforms[]
1-2 | JT Tōkaidō Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi |
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi (via JU Takasaki Line) | |
3-4 | JT Tōkaidō Line | for Hiratsuka, Kōzu, Odawara, Atami and Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō |
5-6 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Yokohama, Musashi-Kosugi, Shinagawa and Tokyo JO Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Chiba, Narita Line for Narita Airport, Uchibō Line for Kimitsu, Sotobō Line for Kazusa-Ichinomiya |
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line) | |
■ Narita Express | for Yokohama, Tokyo, Narita Airport | |
7 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line) | |
8 | JO Yokosuka Line | for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
9-10 | JK Negishi Line | for Isogo, Yokohama, Tokyo, Ueno, and Ōmiya (via JK Keihin Tōhoku Line) |
JH Yokohama Line | for Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Machida, and Hachioji |
The south end of the down Tokaido Line platforms (3-4), July 2015
The station interior, July 2015
History[]
Ōfuna Station opened on November 1, 1888 as a station on the Tōkaidō Main Line. The Yokosuka Line between Ōfuna and Yokosuka opened on June 16, 1889. Freight operations began in 1894.[1]
In May 1966, the Yokohama Dreamland Monorail began operations from Ōfuna to Yokohama Dreamland, an amusement park built some 7 km north of the station. However, the monorail stopped running in September 1967 after cracks were found in the guideway.[2]
On March 7, 1970 another monorail began operations from Ōfuna to the south. This Shonan Monorail eventually connected the station to Enoshima.
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,118 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 42nd-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] A total of 4,817,536 passengers used the Shōnan Monorail station in fiscal 2012.[4] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for JR East in previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2000 | 83,660[5] |
2005 | 87,333[6] |
2010 | 93,679[7] |
2011 | 93,397[8] |
2012 | 95,317[9] |
2013 | 97,118[3] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 14, 80. ISBN 4533029809.
- ^ Demery, Leroy W. Monorails in Japan, p.25. Carquinez Associates, 2005.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 運輸・通信・道路 [Transportation, Communications and Roads] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kanagawa Prefectual Government. p. 241. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
External links[]
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- JR East Ōfuna Station (in Japanese)
- Shonan Monorail Ōfuna Station (in Japanese)
- Tōkaidō Main Line
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1888
- Yokosuka Line
- Negishi Line
- Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
- Shonan Monorail Enoshima Line
- Stations of Shonan Monorail