Ebina Station

Ebina Station

海老名駅
; Ebina Station; 海老名駅
	Odakyu entrance
Location	Kamigō, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0434; Japan
Coordinates	35°27′10″N 139°23′27″E / 35.45278°N 139.39083°ECoordinates: 35°27′10″N 139°23′27″E / 35.45278°N 139.39083°E
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
Location
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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).

Lines[]

Ebina Station is served by the following lines.

Odakyu Odawara Line
Sagami Line
Sōtetsu Main Line

The station is 43.5 km from the Odakyu terminus at Shinjuku Station, 15.9 km from the Sagami Line terminus at Chigasaki Station, and 24.6 km from the Sotetsu terminus at Yokohama Station.

Station layout[]

Sōtetsu[]

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

1, 2	■ Sōtetsu Main Line	for Yamato, Futamatagawa, and Yokohama

JR East[]

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

1	■ Sagami Line	for Atsugi, Samukawa, and Chigasaki
2	■ Sagami Line	for Kamimizo, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

Odakyu[]

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

1	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (side track)
2	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (main line)
3	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Machida and Shinjuku (main line) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line to Ōtemachi and Kita-Senju
4	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Machida and Shinjuku (side track) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line to Ōtemachi and Kita-Senju

History[]

Ebina Station was opened on November 25, 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 April 1, 1943, for joint operation of Ebina Station. From December 1971, Ebina became one of the chief rail yards of the Odakyu line. On December 21, 1973, a new station was opened, located approximately 400 meters from the old station in the direction of Odawara. From March 21, 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]}

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 April 19th 2021 the opened beside the west exit to the station.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 14,307 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]During the same period, the Odakyu station was used by an average of 152,370 passengers daily (total)^[2] and the Sotetsu portion of the station by 123,214 passengers (total).^[3]

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

Fiscal year	daily average (JR)	daily average (Odakyu)	daily average (Sotetsu)
2005	8,001	66,229	58,907	^[4]
2010	9,392	65,698	57,022	^[5]
2015	11,952	71,873	59,276	^[6]

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links[]

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)

[jreast2019stats-1] 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.

[Odakyu_2019stats-2] 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.

[Sotetsu_2019stats-3] 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.

[stats2005-4] 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.

[stats2010-5] 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.

[stats2015-6] 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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