Nebukawa Station
JT18 Nebukawa Station 根府川駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 109 Nebukawa, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture 250-0024 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°12′10″N 139°08′18″E / 35.202722°N 139.138472°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | JT Tōkaidō Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 90.4 km (56.2 mi) from Tokyo | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | JT18 | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 21 December 1922 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2008 | 639 daily | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Nebukawa Station (根府川駅, Nebukawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Nebukawa Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 90.4 kilometers from the line’s terminus at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two island platform serving four tracks. The two platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. Track one is not in use, while track three is used for local trains to stop while rapid trains pass. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]2 | JT Tōkaidō Line・Ueno-Tokyo Line | for Odawara, Yokohama, Tokyo JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya and Kuroiso JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi |
3,4 | JT Tōkaidō Line | for Atami, Mishima, Numazu JT Itō Line for Itō |
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The ocean seen from the platform, 2024
Station history
[edit]Nebukawa Station first opened on December 21, 1922, when the section of the Atami-Odawara Line connecting Odawara with Manazuru was completed. On September 1, 1923, Nebukawa Station accident occurred due to the Great Kanto earthquake.
From December 1, 1934 the Odawara-Atami Line became part of the re-routed Tōkaidō Main Line following the opening of the Tanna Tunnel. Regularly scheduled freight services were discontinued in 1970, and small parcel services by 1972. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001. The “Midori no Madoguchi” service counter was discontinued from 2002.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2008, the station was used by an average of 639 passengers daily.[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Nebugawa Onsen
- Enoura Observatory
- Shiraito River
- Enoura beach
- Odawara Municipal Kataura Elementary School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧(平成21年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2008)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
- Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-6465-5 (cloth)
External links
[edit]Media related to Nebukawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official home page.(in Japanese)