Ebina Station
Ebina Station (海老名駅, Ebina-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Odakyu Electric Railway, and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu).
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| Location | Kamigō, Ebina, Kanagawa （神奈川県海老名市上郷） Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | OH32 (Odakyu) SO18 (Sotetsu) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (FY2008) | 9,315(JR East) 135,012(Odakyu) 119,547(Sotetsu) daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| 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) |
| 4 | ■ Odakyū Odawara Line | for Machida and Shinjuku (side track) |
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.
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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ebina Station. |
- Ebina Station (Odakyu) (in Japanese)
- Ebina Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Ebina Station (Sagami Railway) (in Japanese)