Chūō-Rinkan Station

Chūō-Rinkan Station (中央林間駅, Chūō-Rinkan-eki) is an interchange railway station in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operators Tokyu Corporation and Odakyu Electric Railway.

DT27 Chūō-Rinkan Station 中央林間駅
Chūō-Rinkan Station forecourt and taxi stand
Location	3 Chūō-Rinkan, Yamato, Kanagawa （神奈川県大和市中央林間三丁目・四丁目） Japan
Operated by	Tokyu Corporation Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line Odakyu Enoshima Line
History
Opened	1929
Previous names	Chūō-Rinkantoshi (until 1941)
Passengers
2008	97,532 (Tokyu) 90,066 (Odakyu) daily
Services
Preceding station   Tokyu Corporation   Following station Terminus Den-en-toshi Line Express Minami-machida Grandberry Park DT25 toward Shibuya Den-en-toshi Line Semi Express Tsukimino DT25 toward Shibuya Den-en-toshi Line Local Tsukimino DT26 toward Shibuya Odakyu Yamato toward Katase-Enoshima Enoshima Line Rapid Express Sagami-Ōno Terminus Minami-Rinkan toward Katase-Enoshima Enoshima Line Express Enoshima Line Local Higashi-Rinkan toward Sagami-Ōno

Lines

Chūō-Rinkan Station is served by the Odakyu Enoshima Line and forms the western terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line extending from Shibuya Station (Oshiage Station if including the Hanzomon Line) in Tokyo. It is 35.3 km from the Tokyo terminus of the Odakyu Enoshima Line at Shinjuku Station.

Station layout

The Odakyu portion of the station is above-ground and has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The central exit leads to the west end of the station building, and to transfer to the Den-en-toshi Line. There is also small, unstaffed ticket gate from the north end of the west platform. The Tokyu portion of the stations is underground, and has a single island platform serving two tracks. The ticket gate leads to the east end of the station building and transfer to the Odakyu line. The station consists of two buildings, with a very small, covered, pedestrian street in the middle.

Odakyu platforms

Odakyu platforms

1	■ Odakyu Enoshima Line	for Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
2	■ Odakyu Enoshima Line	for Sagami-Ōno, Machida, and Shinjuku

Tokyu platforms

Tokyu platforms

1/2

■ Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line

for Nagatsuta, Futako-Tamagawa, Shibuya, (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line Direct) Oshiage, (Tobu Skytree Line Direct), Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe, Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen, (Tobu Isesaki Line Direct) Kuki, (Tōbu Nikkō Line Direct) Minami-Kurihashi ・ (Tōkyū Ōimachi Line Direct) Ōimachi

History

The station was originally opened as Chūō-Rinkantoshi Station (中央林間都市駅) on April 1, 1929 on the Odakyu Enoshima Line. On October 15, 1941 it was renamed to its present name. The Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line was extended to Chūō-Rinkan Station on April 9, 1984.

Surrounding area

Local transportation

• Taxis - there is a taxi stand on the square outside the east side of the station building (near the Denentoshi line ticket gate)
• Other - the Sagami Country Club, a golf club, has a shuttle bus to the golf club, operating regularly from the Odakyu north exit.

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Odakyu station information (in Japanese)
• Tokyu station information (in Japanese)