Yugawara Station

Yugawara Station (湯河原駅, Yugawara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It serves the Tōkaidō Main Line, operated by JR East. The station is 99.4 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

JT20
Yugawara Station

湯河原駅
The entrance.
LocationMiyashita, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa
（神奈川県足柄下郡湯河原町宮下）
Japan
Operated byEast Japan Railway Company
Line(s)Tōkaidō Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1924
Passengers
20066,579 daily
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station
JT21 CA00
Saphir Odoriko
(Limited service)
JT16
(Limited service)
toward Tokyo or Shinjuku
JT21 CA00
Odoriko
JT16
toward Tokyo
JT21 CA00
Terminus
Tōkaidō Line
Rapid Acty
  Local & Rapid Rabbit/Urban
JT19
toward Tokyo
Station platform

Station history

When work began on the Tōkaidō Main Line, technology for long tunneling was limited. Initially (from 1895) the line was routed from Yugawara north to Gotemba to avoid the mountains before reaching Numazu, Shizuoka. A station was opened at Yugawara on October 1, 1924. Service to Atami began the following year initially by human-powered trolleys, followed by a steam-driven omnibus. On December 1, 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and through service on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Mishima and Numazu begun. Freight services were discontinued in 1982 and small parcel service in 1985. On April 1, 1987 along with privatization and division of the Japan National Railways, East Japan Railway Company started operating this station.

Lines

Layout

Yugawara Station has an island platform, and a station building with automated ticket machines, Suica automated turnstiles and a manned "Green Window" service counter.

Platforms
1 JT Tōkaidō Line for Atami, Mishima, Numazu
JT Itō Line for Itō
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

References
  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
Station gate
  • Official home page (in Japanese)

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