Yamato Station (Kanagawa)

Yamato Station 大和駅
Yamato Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Yamato
Neighborhood etc.	Yamatominami 1-1-1
Postal Code	242 - 0016
(in Japanese)	神奈川県大和市大和南１－１－１
History
Year opened	1926
Rail services
Operator(s)	Sagami Railway Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	Sotetsu Main Line Odakyu Enoshima Line
Statistics	109,502 (Sagami Railway) 111,063 (Odakyu) passengers/day 2007
There is a bus terminal at this station

Odakyū Line's platform

Sagami Railway's platform

Yamato Station (大和駅, Yamato-eki) is a train station on the Sagami Railway in the city of Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. It is 14.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Sagami Railway at Yokohama Station and 39.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Odakyu Line at Shinjuku Station

History

Yamato Station was opened on May 12, 1926 as a station on the Jintsu Railway. The Odakyu Station was opened on April 1, 1929 slightly to the west of the existing station, and was named Nishi-Yamato Station (西大和駅, Nishi-Yamato-eki). On June 1, 1944, Yamato Station was relocated to become adjacent to Nishi-Yamato Station, with the new joint station taking the name “Yamato Station”. The station building was completely reconstructed in a multiyear project beginning from 1986. In 1993, the tracks and platform of the Sagami Railway were relocated to a subway level, which created room for expansion of the Odakyu station to two platforms in 1996.

Lines

• Sagami Railway
  • Sotetsu Main Line
• Odakyu Electric Railway
  • Enoshima Line

Station layout

Yamato Station is a joint use station. The north exit is operated by the Sagami Railway and the south exit is operated by the Odakyu Railway, although passengers can use either exit regardless of what line they are using. The Odakyu Railway station consists of two island platforms connected by an overpass to the station building. The station building is elevated, and located above the platforms and tracks. The Sagami Railway station has one island platform, located underground.

Platforms

• Odakyu platforms

1	■Odakyu Enoshima Line	For Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
2	■Odakyu Enoshima Line	For Fujisawa and Katase-Enoshima
3	■Odakyu Enoshima Line	For Sagami-Ōno and Shinjuku
4	■Odakyu Enoshima Line	For Sagami-Ōno and Shinjuku

• Sotetsu platforms

1	■Sagami Railway Main Line	For Ebina and Katase-Enoshima
2	■Sagami Railway Main Line	For Futamatagawa and Yokohama

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Odakyu Enoshima Line
Sagami-Ōno		Limited Express Homeway (特急ホームウェイ)(partially)		Fujisawa
Sagami-Ōno		Limited Express Enoshima (特急えのしま)		Fujisawa
Chūō-Rinkan		Rapid Express (快速急行)		Shonandai
Minami-Rinkan		Express (急行)		Chōgo
Tsuruma		Local (各駅停車)		Sakuragaoka
Sagami Railway Main Line
Seya		Local (各駅停車)		Sagami-Ōtsuka
Seya		Express (急行)		Sagami-Ōtsuka

External links

• Sagami Railway official home page.(Japanese)
• Odakyu home page .(Japanese)