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.
 Ashigara Station 足柄駅 | |||||||||||
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 Ashigara Station, October 2022 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3-32-27 Ōgichō, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 250-0001 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 35°16′18″N 139°09′16″E / 35.27167°N 139.15444°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Odakyu Electric Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Odakyu Tama Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 80.8 km from Shinjuku. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
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| Station code | OH46 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1927 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 3,893 daily | ||||||||||
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  Ashigara Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture  Ashigara Station Ashigara Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
LinesEdit
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 layoutEdit
Ashigara Station has two island platforms and three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.
PlatformsEdit
| 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
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| 3 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ono, Shin-Yurigaoka, and Shinjuku Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ayase
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HistoryEdit
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 statisticsEdit
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 |
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| 2005 | 2,950[5] |
| 2010 | 2,966[6] |
| 2015 | 3,624[7] |
Surrounding areaEdit
- Odawara City Hall
- Odawara Municipal Hospital
- Odawara Police Station
- Ogicho Post Office
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External linksEdit
Media related to Ashigara Station (Kanagawa) at Wikimedia Commons
- Odakyu station information (in Japanese)