Ōfuna Station
大船 | |
|---|---|
 West gate of JR Ōfuna Station | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1 Ōfuna |
| Operated by | JR East, Shonan Monorail |
| Line(s) | Tōkaidō Main Line Negishi Line Yokosuka Line Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line |
Ōfuna Station (大船駅, Ōfuna-eki) is a railway station in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Ōfuna Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Negishi Line (Keihin-Tōhoku Line), Yokosuka Line as well as the Shonan Monorail. It is 46.5 km from the terminus of the Tōkaidō Main Line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
Ōfuna Station is an elevated station with five island platforms serving a total of 11 tracks. "Track 0" to the outside of Track 1 has no platform access and is reserved for the through passage of freight trains. The adjacent Shonan Monorail station has a single bay platform.
Platforms
| 1-2 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | for Yokohama, and Kawasaki, and Tokyo |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Takasaki Line) |
for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya, Kumagaya, Takasaki, and Maebashi | |
| 3-4 | ■Tōkaidō Main Line | for Odawara and Atami |
| 5-6 | ■Yokosuka Line | for Shinagawa, Tokyo, (Sōbu Main Line) Chiba, (Narita Line) Narita Airport, (Uchibō Line) Kimitsu, and (Sotobō Line) Kazusa-Ichinomiya |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Utsunomiya Line) |
for Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Saitama, Oyama, and Utsunomiya | |
| 7 | ■Yokosuka Line | for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
| ■Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (through service to Utsunomiya Line) |
for Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Saitama | |
| 8 | ■Yokosuka Line | for Zushi, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Kurihama |
| 9-10 | ■Enoshima Line | for Kanagawa |
| ■Enoshima Line | for Shin-Yokohama |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Totsuka | Local | Fujisawa | ||
| Totsuka | Rapid Acty | Fujisawa | ||
| Shinagawa | Commuter Rapid | Fujisawa | ||
| Yokosuka Line | ||||
| Totsuka | Local | Kita-Kamakura | ||
| Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | ||||
| Totsuka | Local | Kita-Kamakura | ||
| Totsuka | Rapid | Fujisawa | ||
| Totsuka | Special Rapid | Fujisawa | ||
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line—Negishi Line | ||||
| Hongōdai | Local | Terminus | ||
| Hongōdai | Rapid | Terminus | ||
| Shōnan Monorail Enoshima Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Kanagawa | ||
History
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Ōfuna Station was opened on November 1, 1888 as a station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the predecessor to the post-war Japan National Railway (JNR). Initially for passenger operations only. The Yokosuka Line between Ōfuna and Yokosuka opened on June 16, 1889. Freight operations began in 1894.
In May 1966, the Yokohama Dreamland Monorail began operations from Ōfuna to "Yokohama Dreamland", an amusement park scheduled to be built north of the station. However, the project collapsed the following year, and the monorail ceased operations in September 1967. However, from March 7, 1970 another monorail began operations from Ōfuna to the south. This Shonan Monorail eventually connected the station to Enoshima. All freight operations were discontinued from Ōfuna from August 1972.
On April 9, 1973 Ōfuna became a terminal station for the Negishi Line. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East. A new station building was completed from 2006-2007.
References
- Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
External links
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