Odawara Station

Location
	Odawara Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Odawara Station Odawara Station (Japan)

Odawara Station

小田原駅
Odawara Station; 小田原駅
General information
Location	1 Sakaechō, Odawara, Kanagawa; Japan
Operated by	JR East; JR Central; Odakyu Electric Railway; Hakone-Tozan Railway; Izuhakone Railway;
Line(s)	Tokaido Shinkansen; JT Tokaido Main Line; Odakyu Odawara Line; ■ Izu-Hakone Railway Daiyuzan Line; Hakone Tozan Line;
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1920
Location
Location
	Odawara Station Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Odawara Station Odawara Station (Japan)

Odawara Station (小田原駅, Odawara-eki) is a railway station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a gateway station to the Hakone area.

Lines

This station is served by following lines.

Station layout

The JR companies have staffed Midori no Madoguchi ticket offices and seat reservation counters.

Izu-Hakone Railway platforms

1,2	■ Daiyuzan Line	Sagami-Numata and Daiyuzan

JR East platforms

3	JT Tokaido Line	for Atami, Numazu and Itō (via Itō Line)
4	JT Tokaido Line	for Atami, Numazu and Itō (via Itō Line)
4	JT Tokaido Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya (via JU Utsunomiya Line) and Takasaki (via JU Takasaki Line)
5, 6	JT Tokaido Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Kōzu, Hiratsuka, Yokohama, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Ueno, Ōmiya, Utsunomiya (via Utsunomiya Line) and Takasaki (via Takasaki Line)
5, 6	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Ōmiya and Takasaki (via JU Takasaki Line)

Odakyu and Hakone Tozan platforms

7	■ Hakone Tozan Line	for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)
7	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	Terminating trains
8	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	alighting (platform 9 uses the same track)
9	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara) JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase) (platform 8 uses the same track)
10	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Shin-Matsuda, Sagami-Ōno, Machida, Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Otemachi, Kita-Senju and Ayase (via Yoyogi-Uehara) JL Joban Line (Local) for Matsudo, Kashiwa and Toride (via Ayase)
11	■ Hakone Tozan Line	for Hakone-Yumoto (Change trains for Gora)

JR Central platforms

13	■ Tokaido Shinkansen	for Nagoya, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka Sanyo Shinkansen for Shin-Kobe, Okayama and Hiroshima
14	■ Tokaido Shinkansen	for Shin-Yokohama, Shinagawa and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Tokaido Main Line
Yugawara	Limited Express	Ōfuna Yokohama
Terminus	Commuter Rapid		Kōzu
Hayakawa	Rapid Acty		Kōzu
Hayakawa	Local		Kamonomiya
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Terminus	Special Rapid		Kōzu
Terminus	Rapid		Kamonomiya
Tokaido Shinkansen
Nozomi: Does not stop at this station
Shin-Yokohama	Hikari		Mishima Shizuoka Hamamatsu Toyohashi Nagoya
Shin-Yokohama	Kodama		Atami
Odakyu Odawara Line/Hakone-Tozan Line
Shinjuku	Ltd. Exp. "Romance Car" (Super Hakone)		Hakone-Yumoto
Shin-Matsuda Hadano Hon-Atsugi Machida	Ltd. Exp. "Romance Car" (Hakone, Sagami, Homeway)		Hakone-Yumoto (Sagami trains terminate at Odawara)
Shin-Matsuda	Rapid Express		Terminus
Shin-Matsuda	Express (majority)		Terminus
Ashigara	Express (minority)		Terminus
Ashigara	Local		Hakone-Itabashi
Daiyūzan Line
Terminus	-	Midorichō

Bus services

East side (for Hakone area)
- Bus stop No.3 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  - "H" line for Hakone Machi Ko (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone Ko, Hakone Checkpoint^[1]
- Bus stop No.4 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
  - "T" line for Togendai (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Sengoku (transfer for JR Gotemba Station & Gotemba Premium Outlets)^[2]
- Bus stop No.5 (Izuhakone Bus)
  - "Z" line for Hakone Checkpoint (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Moto Hakone^[3]
  - "J" line for Hakone-en (Lake Ashi) via Hakone Yumoto Station, Miyanoshita, Kowakidani Station, Kowaki-en, Owakudani, Kojiri^[4]

History

What is now the JR East station opened on 21 October 1920. ^[5] The Odakyu Electric Railway station opened on 1 April 1927.^[6]

Accidents

On 9 April 2002 at 20:43, a person was hit and killed by a non-stop up train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.^[7]

On 8 July 2007 at 20:46, a person was hit and killed by a non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.^[7]

On 30 December 2008 at 15:54, a woman was hit and killed by a down non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.^[7]

On 10 April 2009 at 21:20, a man was hit and killed by a down non-stop train at the station after climbing down from the platform onto the shinkansen track.^[7]

References

^ Bus stop timetable No.3 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
^ Bus stop timetable No.4 (Hakone Tozan Bus)
^ Bus stop timetable No.5 (Z line, Izuhakone Bus)
^ Bus stop timetable No.5 (J line, Izuhakone Bus)
^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sato, Yuichi (July 2011). 鉄道人身事故データブック2002-2009 [Railway Accident Data Book 2002-2009]. Japan: Tsugeshobo. p. 27. ISBN 978-4-8068-0620-2.