Ebina Station

Ebina Station (海老名駅, Ebina-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Odakyu Electric Railway, and Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu).

Ebina Station 海老名駅
Odakyu entrance
Location	Kamigō, Ebina, Kanagawa （神奈川県海老名市上郷） Japan
Operated by	JR East Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway
Line(s)	Sagami Line Odakyu Odawara Line Sagami Railway Main Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	OH32 (Odakyu) SO18 (Sotetsu)
History
Opened	1941
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008)	9,315(JR East) 135,012(Odakyu) 119,547(Sotetsu) daily
Services
Preceding station   JR East   Following station Atsugi toward Chigasaki Sagami Line Iriya toward Hashimoto Odakyu Hon-Atsugi toward Hakone-Yumoto or Gotemba Romancecar Sagami-Ono toward Shinjuku or Kita-Senju Hon-Atsugi toward Odawara Odawara Line Rapid Express Sagami-Ono toward Shinjuku Odawara Line Express Sagami-Ono toward Shinjuku or Ayase Atsugi toward Hon-Atsugi Odawara Line Commuter Semi Express Zama toward Ayase Atsugi toward Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Atsugi toward Hakone-Yumoto Odawara Line Local Zama toward Shinjuku or Ayase Sagami Railway Terminus Main Line Limited Express Yamato toward Yokohama Main Line Express Rapid Local Kashiwadai toward Yokohama

Lines

Ebina Station is served by the following lines.

• Odakyu Odawara Line
• Sagami Line
• Sōtetsu Main Line

The station is 43.5 km from the Odakyu terminus at Shinjuku Station, 15.9 km from the Sagami Line terminus at Chigasaki Station, and 24.6 km from the Sotetsu terminus at Yokohama Station.

Station layout

Sōtetsu

The Sōtetsu Main Line station has a bay platform, serving two tracks.

1, 2

■ Sōtetsu Main Line

for Yamato, Futamatagawa, and Yokohama

JR East

The JR Sagami Line station has a single island platform, serving two tracks.

1	■ Sagami Line	for Atsugi, Samukawa, and Chigasaki
2	■ Sagami Line	for Kamimizo, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

Odakyu

The Odakyu Odawara Line station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

1	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (side track)
2	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Hon-Atsugi, Hadano, Odawara, and Hakone-Yumoto (main line)
3	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Machida and Shinjuku (main line) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line to Ōtemachi and Kita-Senju
4	■ Odakyū Odawara Line	for Machida and Shinjuku (side track) Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line to Ōtemachi and Kita-Senju

History

Ebina Station was opened on November 25, 1941 as the terminal station of the Jinchū Railroad (神中鉄道), now Sagami Railway). The Odakyu Line Ebina-Kokubun Station (海老名国分駅), which had been in operation since 1927, was shifted 400 meters on April 1, 1943, for joint operation of Ebina Station. From December 1971, Ebina became one of the chief rail yards of the Odakyu line. On December 21, 1973, a new station was opened, located approximately 400 meters from the old station in the direction of Odawara. From March 21, 1987, the Sagami Line began operations to Ebina, less than a month before the dissolution and privatization of the Japanese National Railways and formation of the East Japan Railway Company.

The Odakyu Ebina Station has a unique platform jingle that plays when trains are arriving. The melody is from the song Sakura by the Japanese pop band, Ikimonogakari (いきものがかり). The Odawara bound platforms 1 and 2 play the intro to the song while the Shinjuku / Chiyoda Line bound platforms 3 and 4 play a short portion from the middle of the song.

External links

• Ebina Station (Odakyu) (in Japanese)
• Ebina Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Ebina Station (Sagami Railway) (in Japanese)