Hon-Atsugi Station
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 Hon-Atsugi Station 本厚木駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Izumicho, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken 243-0013 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°26′22″N 139°21′51″E / 35.439338°N 139.364261°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Odakyu Electric Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Odakyu Odawara Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 45.5 km from Shinjuku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | OH-34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1, 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Sagami-Atsugi (until 1944) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 151,791 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hon-Atsugi Station (本厚木駅, Hon-Atsugi-eki) is a major passenger railway station located in the city of Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway.
Lines
Hon-Atsugi Station is served by the Odakyu Odawara Line and is 45.5 kilometers from the line's terminal at Shinjuku Station. Most local, section semi-express, and semi-express trains inbound from Shinjuku Station terminate at this stop and head back to Shinjuku. West of this station, most express trains stop at every station until the line terminus in Odawara Station. All rapid express and most limited express (Romancecar) services also stop here.
Station layout
The station is an elevated structure built into the building used by the Mylord shopping mall (one of four such shopping malls owned by the Odakyu Group). One of the station's exits leads directly into the 4th level of the shopping mall.[1] The station has two island platforms serving four tracks.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Shin-Matsuda, Odawara, (Hakone-Tozan Railway) Hakone-Yumoto |
| 2 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Shin-Matsuda, Odawara, (Hakone-Tozan Railway) Hakone-Yumoto, (Asagiri) Gotemba |
| 3 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Machida, Shinjuku, (Chiyoda Line) |
| 4 | ■ Odakyu Odawara Line | for Machida, Shinjuku, (Chiyoda Line) |
History
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The station opened on April 1, 1927 as Sagami-Atsugi Station (相模厚木駅) for through trains. At that time, trains stopping at every station ran between Shinjuku station and Inada-Noborito Station (稲田登戸駅), now Mukōgaoka-Yūen) and did not continue to Hon-Atsugi. Later, from October 15, 1927, express trains began stopping at the station. The first trains of the Jinchū Railroad (神中鉄道), present-day Sagami Railway) run from Ebina Station to this station on November 25, 1941 and the station was renamed Hon-Atsugi on June 1, 1944.[citation needed]
After the war, various services were reestablished. The local trains that had been operating between Shinjuku and Inada-Noborito station were run on the whole line, and Hon-Atsugi became a stop for local trains. At the same time, through trains were abolished (June 1945). Consecutively, Semi-Express (October 1, 1946), Express (October 1, 1949), Commuter Express (March 25, 1955) and Commuter Semi-Express (March 25, 1960) services were introduced. On November 5, 1964 the connection to the Sagami Railway was cut. From 1968, the Romancecar began stopping at Hon-Atsugi Station. From June 1976, the station building was rebuilt into an overhead station. Multi-level crossings were successively constructed around the station (March 29, 1977) and from March 31, 1978, the line operated jointly with the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line and the JR Jōban Line. Later, on March 23, 1982, the Mylord Department Store opened within the station building and the first two automatic ticket machines were installed.[citation needed]
From February 1, 1984 the Asagiri Romancecar service began stopping at Hon-Atsugi and on October 15, 1984, the Atsugi Bus Centre was completed. On December 11, 2004, rapid express and semi-section express services were introduced and began stops in Hon-Atsugi. AEDs were installed in the station on February 23, 2006. In March 2006, waiting rooms were constructed on all platforms.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 151,791 passengers daily.[2]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 141,390[3] |
| 2010 | 141,839[4] |
| 2015 | 152,467[5] |
Surrounding area
- Atsugi City Hall
- Atsugi Municipal Hospital
- Atsugi City Plaza
- Atsugi Post Office
- Shoin University Atsugi Station Campus
The station also serves as a transfer point for local and intercity buses operated by Kanagawa Chuo, with direct service to Morioka, Shin-Yokohama Station, Narita Airport, Haneda Airport, Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Odakyu Electric Railway Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Railway department: Average daily number of passengers by station] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo 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.
- ^ Kanachu bus company information (in Japanese).
External links
- Hon-Atsugi Station (Odakyū) (in Japanese)
Media related to Hon-Atsugi Station at Wikimedia Commons